7 Ways to Have a Good Day

Even the best, most happiest people have a down day sometimes. From waking up on the wrong side of the bed, to having a bad hair day, right down to stubbing your toe, the smallest thing can set one in the wrong direction. These days may come from time to time, but with the right mindset, and by simply changing your reaction, you can turn your day around for the better.

7 ways on how to have a good day: Here you go!

1. Be Grateful – Find something that you’re grateful for. You never know how much worse your day can be, until you’re in another person’s shoes, who is worse off. Take some time out to count your blessings. Instead of finding things to complain about, look for the things in which you are thankful for.

2. Look at what’s right with the picture – Too often we’re looking at what’s wrong with the picture. We’re looking at what’s not going our way. Either someone did something or didn’t do something. Or maybe something happened that rained on your parade. If you’re not careful, you’ll let the doom and gloom of the picture sour your day, and get you in a depressed state. Make it a point today, to look at what’s right with the picture. What did someone do to you that was right? What happened today that was in your favor? You’ll find that when you practice this, in time, your down day will turn into a glad day.

3. Build someone else up – When you’re having a down day, you have to ask yourself, what would I want someone to do for me? How would I like to be treated? When you’re having a not so good day, one of the best things you can do, is to go outside of yourself. Do something for others. Even if it’s a simple “good morning, have a nice day,” decide that you’re going to leave someone else better off than they were before. Practice a random act of kindness. In doing this, you’ll find out that the blessing wasn’t just for the other person, the blessing was for yourself.

4. Choose happiness – Many people will say this is easier said than done. But the truth is, if you don’t choose happiness, you’re going to end up living a miserable life. Happiness isn’t something that’s going to come when life suddenly all comes together. It isn’t something that’s going to come when you find that perfect mate, or you land that perfect job, or the finances come in order- because even when these things come into play, there will always be something else you need. But happiness comes when you decide you’re going to be happy.

I truly believe in the Abraham Lincoln saying, “most folks are about as happy as they make up their minds to be.” And just remember, the happiest people don’t necessarily have the best of everything, they choose to make the best of everything, the good and the bad. Decide today, that no matter what, you’re going to be happy. And let nothing take your joy away from you!

5. Smile – Studies show that when smile, you convince yourself that everything is going to be alright. There have been arguments about the following statement, but I’m of the opinion that sometimes, you have to fake it to make it. If you go around looking for a reason to smile, you may never find one. Let your smile- your inner joy, let it be the determining factor of whether or not you’re going to have a good day. The good news is, your smile will not only impact you, but it will impact others for the better.

6. Exercise – When you exercise, your body releases what I like to call a happy chemical called endorphins. When you make the choice to go out and exercise, you’re doing not only your physical body some good, but you’re doing your inner health and your well-being some good. And what’s even better is, you get in shape and you start to look better. Even if it’s just a few minutes a day, take out sometime for yourself. Take a run around the block. Or do some type of indoor cardio. You’ll feel better and before long, you’ll notice your daily mood start to make a change for the better!

7. Don’t sweat the small things – This ties back with choosing happiness. The other day I witnessed a couple at the elevators, arguing over who should’ve pushed the button.

“You saw I had my hands full.”

“Yea, well you were closer to the door. You could’ve bumped the button with your elbow.”

On and on they went. I was an innocent bystander.

Too many people are letting the small things steal their joy. If you let the little petty things of the day come to steal your joy and peace, you’ll never truly find happiness. There has to come a point, when you choose to rise above it all. Some people get into a gripe over the smallest, insignificant things. What’s interesting is, once it’s all said and done, and we look back in hindsight, we will laugh over how upset we got. It may even be embarrassing.

They always say, “you can tell the size of a man by the size of the thing that makes him mad.” Or maybe you’re a woman; I’d hope you got the point. Here’s the key, choose to be the bigger person!

Will you rise above it all? Will you be one of the ones to keep your joy and peace even when the petty things are tugging at you? Make a good choice today. Keep your sanity. Keep your peace. And keep your sweat. Don’t let the small things get the best of you!

I want to hear from you! Let me know what makes you happy. What helps you get over a bad day? Leave a comment down below!

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