How to motivate yourself when you feel down
Life loves to surprise us. However, it also loves to challenge us. Sometimes we could see it coming, sometimes life just slaps us without a warning nor a sign. Nevertheless, life will always be a gift that shall be wasted every single day.
1. Travel
If you are not yet a millionaire yet, travel to the closest district or go to the nearest beach to get yourself back. If that is too expensive, you can spend hours at a coffee shop all by yourself enjoying a few cups of tea or coffee. Just focus on possibilities or possible solutions to your disappointment.
2. Silence
Why silence? Because only you know what is bothering your mind. Meditate. Light a candle. Pray no matter how hard you deny the existence of God when you are emotionally unstable. Always tell yourself that God is preparing you for something better.
3. Music
Pick a guitar or any musical instruments. If you don’t know how to play any of them, sing a few songs to release your burdens. It doesn't have to win any awards. As long as you could release the stress, that is more than goo enough.
4. Reflection
Grab a pen, a diary and start writing down the causes of your disappointments. It may not solve your problems immediately but at least you have a clearer picture about the causes. As time goes by, perhaps the next day, you might come across some practical solutions. Diary cannot give you any physical and emotional responses but it can serve as your mirror, compass or comforting punching bag.
5. Nothing is permanent.
Rain doesn’t last forever. Haze doesn't last forever. Drought doesn’t last forever. Bad day doesn't last forever. So do happiness and wealth. Learn to remain calm. It is not easy but it is worth trying to prevent you from doing anything that may hurt yourself or others especially your words. Be careful with blame game. Your words could leave permanent scars.
6. Make yourself busy
Spend a good time with your friends. You decide whether to tell them or otherwise. That is your right. Sharing jokes and stories or gossips may reduce the pain of the disappointments. In other words, it could buy you some time to cool down yourself.
7. Laughter is the best medicine
Use the internet to search for jokes or funny videos. The laughter might be fake initially but as time goes by, your body will feel better. As your body feels better, emotionally you will feel better.
8. Over-thinking
Thinking about the disappointment is okay but over-thinking will not solve the problems immediately because some problems demand a different set of solutions. Sometimes there are problems which are meant to be left alone.
9. Your best friend is basically yourself
No matter how good your loved ones and good friends are, you must continue to comfort yourself. Some people may be surrounded by great and loving people but sometimes none can really comfort you. Choose good thoughts. Choose good words. Always believe that everything is going to be okay as that is the most famous sentence in any movies.
10. Be careful with your assumption
Sometimes we think that others are happier than us or having a better life than us but actually everyone experiences ups and downs in life. The only difference is some are better actors and actresses as not everyone deserve to know about our misery.
11. Cry a river
If you feel like crying, cry a river or an ocean. Go ahead. Lock the door. You can cry anywhere you want. No one deserves to judge you because everyone will experience bad days. Crying doesn’t define who you really are. Crying doesn’t make you weak. Crying helps your heart to touch the very bottom of your heart in order for you to come back stronger.
12. Count your blessings
There are many things that we can be grateful for and the most valuable thing that we should be grateful for is the LIFE itself. Life might be unfair but you shall never unfair and cruel to yourself.
….Thank you for reading. I hope it helps….
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