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How to Deal With a Bad Day at Work
Where the head goes, the body follows. Perception precedes action. Right action follows the proper perspective.
When you’re having a bad day at work, your mind spirals into sad thoughts. It’s like someone dimmed the light around you, and everything appears dark and gloomy.
You’re likelier to lose your nerve or react poorly to minor inconveniences. It may appear that others are out to get you or point out your flaws and inconsistencies. Healthy disagreements turn into personal attacks. Minor conflicts into significant issues. Defeatist behaviour kicks in, which magnifies those feelings as your mind drifts to all things negative while positivity takes a back seat.
You are just one mistake, one irregularity, one expectation mismatch away from feeling like your whole life is falling apart. You start questioning all your life choices — even though they may be disconnected.
The more you think about how unfair or bad your situation is, the worse you feel. Often your mind isn’t tuned to shift gears between work and home, so when work sucks, all that stress, anxiety, and unhappiness from work creeps into your personal life too. You can’t just shake off a bad day at work and put on a happy face at home. You’re human, not a robot.
