Happy & Healthy
7 X THIS IS WHAT YOU SHOULD OR SHOULD NOT DO IF YOU HAVE AN OFF DAY
Do you know that feeling? You wake up and that day is just not made for you. You are a mismatch and that's an understatement. I had one of those days. The little annoyance was incredibly persistent, as it even carried over into the next day. The off day of off days. You have them from time to time, but they do pass. But there are things you can do to make it a little easier on yourself.
1. Leave your phone as it is
Then it starts buzzing and you want to sit in the corner with a blanket over your head in shock (read: not answer). Totally fine. There is really no one who wants to talk to you in this state, so you are actually protecting them. Let it ring, tomorrow is another day.
2. Cancel that
And then you would actually have coffee with this and that at such and such a time. You flip it from late morning to early afternoon. Whoa, stop. It can be different. I sent this: ‘Darling, I'm having a terrible day and I'm anything but pleasant. I don't want to put you through that. Raincheck? Xx.’ I got all these lovely flowers and kisses in return. Voilà.
3. The talk
In such a gloomy state, no decent conversation can get off the ground. It's really better for you to let the fog clear a bit. Unless you feel like a cathartic rant, in that case: be my guest.
“So, and then that #$%*day is already over and the world is yours.”
4. Pamper the pamper
But what about the thorough work, huh? Book a massage for at least an hour, buy something for yourself from your lazy chair, watch Gilmore Girls until you weigh a ton and put masks on your face. And more of that sort. If you really arrange it well, you can even have him cook and pour wine (but then you should postpone that rant from point three).
5. Supermarket switch
I confess: sometimes I dive into the baby food aisle (even in complete absence of this phenomenon in my life) to avoid that vague acquaintance. So you end up looking like a deer in headlights if they do see you, because then you have something to explain on the baby front. The absolute best solution? Do the supermarket switch. You can grumble a bit with your grumpy face at all those unknown, unsuspecting shoppers.
6. Exercise
This seems to work. I have no f-ing clue if it's true, but you can give it a try.
7. Water staring
Go to the beach, a lake, or for all I care, the ditch and stare at those little waves. Maybe it's because I grew up by the water, but water is a calming agent. Don't do it with a wind force of ten, then just stay home and light the candles on the edge of the bath (after all, it's still water, right?).
So, and then that #$%*day is already over and the world is yours. Holladiejee.
