Do you ever have “one of those days”, where somewhere between waking up and starting your day the universe shifted and didn’t tell you?
Friday was mine, I won’t go into the details but it all started with locking myself out of the house when I took the dog for a walk, and the snowball effect took over. Funny how that happens!
I had purposely planned Friday as a day full of meetings and spent my time running from one meeting to another. Because of the snowballing effect, by the end of end of the day I was ready for the weekend.
As I went through the day and tried to fix things on the fly, I wondered what other tactics I could try and so here are some of the things I came up with:
1. Go back to bed and set the alarm for Saturday. This seemed like a really good idea, but eventually got dismissed as I figured I’d end up in a worse place and farther behind than if I continued (plus I couldn’t get in the house anyway).
2. Stop what you’re doing and rethink the plan for the day. I liked this one as a possibility, but since my day was already planned, and my phone was locked in the house, I had no way of getting in touch with the other folks to change plans.
3. Keep plodding through the day and make the most of it. Because I couldn’t reschedule any of my meetings I had to keep going. By the middle of the afternoon, I had regained some of my sense of humor and started to find all the knock on effects quite amusing, which thankfully didn’t let them bother me too much.
Job hunting is stressful enough, and when something like this happens on top of that, it’s tough to get back on track. When I was job hunting, there were some days that went this way, but I had a few more options to choose from, for example, immersing myself in one of my hobbies for an hour two to see if that helped me recenter myself, or even go and catch a movie.
When this happens to you what do you do?
July 19, 2007 at 11:03 am |
When I have this problem (which is quite often these days), you may see me with a strange look on my face. I mean… stranger than normal.
I tend to think almost outloud sometimes as the wheels begin turning inside my head and heart. To keep from crying, this seems to be a good alternative.
I tell myself things like: I will not let this get the best of me! I know this is only temporary and it WILL get better!
I don’t necessarily always believe it, but it helps me to get through the day.
You may do this also… It helps, doesn’t it? As long as we keep the negative situations from making all of our thoughts that way.
Another thing I do is visit http://www.boomerifics.wordpress.com to get all the info I can on becoming a well-informed baby boomer!
Last, but not least… I always have a spare key attached to my belt, so that, if I forget my car/house keys, I have to lose my pants before I lose entrance to my car or house!
Have a wonderful Wednesday! ~Howdy