What do you do when you are having one of the worst days ever. I could use some advice.
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What do you do when you are having one of the worst days ever. I could use some advice.
Tablespoon of Dave's Insanity Sauce. Doesn't really cheer you up, but it's distracting as heck for a few hours.
Bring my razor and strop into the bathroom, lock the door, have a "full treatment" shave. That or go to my crawl space/workshop and work on restoring a razor or making scales.
Kick back with a few frosties. :cool:
Jordan
Go fishing in the summer, hunting in the winter, and exercise everyday to keep my sanity.
I run as many miles as it takes for the endorphins to kick in.
If running isn't an option, I call it an early day, or at least call time out, and do something I enjoy.
If all else fails... the magic words are:
This too shall pass.
Sorry to hear you're down. When I have off days I lavish extra attention and play time with my children and that never fails.
If family's not an option: glass of wine (glass, not bottle to drown sorrows!), reading material, or a good ol' fashioned film.
Or just a relaxed, pampered, full works, attentive shave does the job too! :D
Hey, tomorrow's a new day with new solutions. Hope you get it sorted.
Best,
Mark
Oh, and one more that NEVER fails....
Read some of Lou's posts, heh heh.
I don't mean to get off topic here but I think (from my own experience) that people handle life and its issues somewhat differently. By this I mean , for ex., that I can't understand having good or bad days --- either my life is going well or it isn't, it tends to be in chuncks of months or years - not days. If my life is going well then bad days don't exist (everything is taken in stride and put into it's proper place). If my life is going poorly, then good days do not exist and everything is out of wack. I can't really understand having a bad day ----doing something fun to counteract it ---and then moving on to a good next day. I (my brain) tends to work on an all or nothing principle --if I'm off --then I'm off for a while ---if I'm on then I'm on for a while --- and it takes a considerable situation or effort to change it the other way.
I would like to give you advice but I can't really because I can't relate --- but I know about half year funks (or more) and year(s) long highs or good times ----
I have a neighbor that says every other day that she is having a bad day and the next she is happy and content --- I really can't understand this.
Don't mean to waste your time here and hope you feel better.
Justin
I always think of it in increasingly small waivy lines.
The lines with the longest waives represent years, the next smallest are months, then weeks, then days, then hours.
This is a bad week on the lowest day, in a neutral month, and a good year.
I gottcha -- and I don't mean to under-estimate your dip in spirits --- just wanted to comment on how I handle life (not that it helps you any).Quote:
Originally Posted by bpatton
How about a good massage? --- appreciating a good looking babe can give you a jolt --lift some weights (excersise) ---- see a good movie (funny) ------ consult with your God ---- go fishing --- dance around like a knucklehead ---- force yourself to smile ----
well you get the idea.
Justin
Do something that allows only for you full attention. Be it shaving, running, computer programming, watch repair, razor restoration...whatever it is make sure it allows you to focus only on the task. This usually helps me to reset myself. Once I am done with the task everything just seems better. OF course YMMV.
:):):):):):)
That's good advice. For me, riding a motorcycle down a windy road quickly takes my mind off just about everything else.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jfala
On the other hand, I enjoy bourbon, too. :w
Exercise is very effective.
Some favourite music works well too.
A great meal and most important of all ...
Good company.
X
A meal, good company, and a long drive solved the problem.
Thanks for the Ideas!
This topic ties in directly with the one about eccentric hobbies. When I'm feeling low, I get to painting my hobby miniatures. This takes up alot of concentration and relaxes me. The key words to get back on your feet again is "Get Out of the House". Make yourself go and see a movie, go walk around the park and look at the ladies walking and jogging. I find this most uplifting.
My two cents.
Ernest
Hunting... year round... if not there is always target to shoot and rifles, pistols and shotguns that need cleaning and oiling.
Of course the same could be said about my razors.
Do anything that brings you joy. Wherever your happy place is, go there. For me, a few cold beers or some of my favorite food for the mood I'm in. Might be German, Mexican, or just plum damn insanely hot thermonuclear Thai. I like the endorphine rush that insanely hot food gives.
If it's a workout day, I just have whoever happens to be at the dojo throw me until I tire of getting up. Being thrown has a similar effect to the hydrostatic shock runners get, so it's kinda like runner's high. Surprisingly, throwing people after a bad day doesn't help a bit.
My wife always knows when I'm not in an up and up feeling. I tend to look for a special item that I generally wouldn't get on a normal buy. I'll search out something very special, a kind of hunt to find that one thing that will make me feel good.
Sometimes it's a trip to the range with a few pounds of black powder and a ton and a half of round balls and a brick of caps, see how long it takes to burn through all that stuff :D
Others... would be a trip to Bev-mo for just that special beer that I haven't tried yet.
Or if I'm really looking to get myselfe killed I order a custom made kitchen knife... of coarse that has it's own issues but thats another day :p
I am of the mind that the (male) human body requires considerable physical effort put onto it for it to function correctly, and a correctly functioning body is the start of a correctly functioning mind.
Given my rather sedentary lifestyles, the only thing that resets my moods is a decent session in the gym lifting oscene amounts of weight until my muscles fail. It really is the only medicine that works for me.
Plus you are aching so much afterwards that it takes your mind off your bad mood anyway.:roflmao
Of course it may be that you do manual work for a living in which case this is bunk. Just my 2p's worth.
Si
ps - I probably sound like I should look like Arnie lol. I'm 6'4 and just shy of 220lb, so nothing of the sort :)
Seriously though, I'm coming to realize that sometimes trying "change" how we're feeling or trying to "move away" from feeling bad can add to our stress and bad feeling. Sometimes, it helps to just feel bad and accept that. Take some time and sit with feeling bad. Be aware of it - lean into it if you will. This isn't easy to do, but you can keep trying. By doing this your not using that energy to get away from feeling bad. Things will change. They always do. Just a thought.Quote:
Originally Posted by jnich67
Jordan
One word:
SEX!!!! the ultimate pick me up after a bad day.
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Originally Posted by mhailey
Three more words: Works every time.
Jasmine tea does it for me...most of the time. Failing that a walk by the sea or in the country listening to some good music.
They've done studies, you know. 60% of the time it works, every time.Quote:
Originally Posted by jimmyman
Move from Detroit to Pacencia Belize
Long drive, with the music cranked up (Skynyrd) and a favorite pipe and tobacco, or since gas is so expensive, my alternative, sit by the lake with a cold drink, my favorite pipe and tobacco, I might even take a friend along lol.
My favorite thing is to get in bed and drift in and out of sleep while watching great funny movies that I have already seen so I dont have to pay much attention. Movies like Airplane, kentucky fried movie, mel brooks stuff, scary movie series, etc etc. Every now and then I will get out of bed and have a few spoonfulls of ice cream.
As far as sex...ya its nice, but it only makes me feel better for a little while, sometimes I will add sex to the mix, but someone laying in bed and fading in and out of consciousness watching old movies and not wanting to be bothered with life probably isnt a big turn on for my wife lol.