how I turned my day around;

Have you ever woken up in the worst mood ever?

There was a day last week where I woke up in the worst mood; completely irritated and upset about every thing. Home felt messy, my schedule was not intact, and I had been ordering food delivery more often in the past week than I had in months.

I really didn’t feel like doing anything, but I knew I wanted to be in a better mood and not let my day go to waste.

They say walking can help clear your mind; honestly sometimes I disagree. It’s like soaking in your head, and if your head is in a bad place, it can be deranging.
Aki and I walk every morning but I decided to push myself and take the extra long route hoping it could break my bad mood. I was feeling so frustrated during our walk as Aki loves to stop and smell EVERY thing. She has always been like that but today, it was really weighing on my patience.

Although, I do believe her weighing on my patience is good. Aki really has no idea about the good in life and the lessons she’s taught me and I’m grateful for it, I kept having to remind myself during my walk that it IS good for me.

I was still in my “mood” after our walk. Why?
My day prior was normal, nothing bad had happened. I don’t remember having a bad dream, and no it wasn’t my womanly cycle. Maybe I didn’t get enough sleep or maybe my lack of eating habits, exercise, and disorganization had finally caught up to me.

I continued to try to pick myself up. I started deep cleaning, took the trash out, washed dishes, did laundry. I hadn’t eaten yet and I don’t like shopping while hungry but I still pushed myself to the grocery store. I was on a mission to lift my mood so I even bought myself some lavender on the way out, and when I got home I cooked a simple; healthy meal.

After eating and getting to relax in my clean space, I noticed my mood was completely turned around. I felt so accomplished and proud, happy with myself and that I had completely turned my day from negative to positive. This was the day I had an idea to start blogging, I wanted to have a space to write and share.

The moral of the story is; I turned my day around because I pushed myself out of my comfort first thing after waking up. It took me a bit to realize that. There’s days where I can’t seem to do it, and I think I see why now.

They say “make your bed when you wake up“. It’s true. Do you want to make your bed when you wake up? Maybe not, but making your bed can lead to doing the dishes, can lead to doing your laundry, and most importantly, it leads us to think, what’s next for today? You gave yourself the first push and the next are now easy.
Perhaps I can’t do it certain days because I let my day start out lazy and this is a reminder to just give yourself a little push in the morning and I know it may suck in that moment but I promise it’ll turn out for the better.

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– kelly

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