I wish I could describe something useful I do for bad days. Mostly, I try hard, and not always successfully, not to take them out on the people around me.
Routine gets me through the parts of my day that MUST happen. I have lists for getting me out the door, for stuff done, etc. I use them on days good or bad to make them habit, and on bad days that are bad in the "forgetful" or "feeling crummy" ways, they get the things that have to be done, largely done.
But I don't have much to make a bad day better. Most frequent causes of bad days are illnesses, or being short of sleep (small children, work on-call, reading a book until stupid o'clock...). I try hard not to voluntarily cause the latter (resist the book!), but I can't exactly say I won't take care of the 19-month-old because I need my sleep. It's not reasonable.
And then, unfortunately, the real cure is more sleep, which is impossible unless I want to take a sick day from work, which...if I did that every time I was short of sleep, I'd probably be unemployed. Or at least on medical leave. It is also not reasonable, sadly.
Eating the right food (high protein, but also high carb) on those days helps a bit. But other than that? Other than that I just slog through and dislike things, because a tired Laura is a grumpy Laura who dislikes things just because they are things.
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Date: 2013-07-31 04:25 pm (UTC)Routine gets me through the parts of my day that MUST happen. I have lists for getting me out the door, for stuff done, etc. I use them on days good or bad to make them habit, and on bad days that are bad in the "forgetful" or "feeling crummy" ways, they get the things that have to be done, largely done.
But I don't have much to make a bad day better. Most frequent causes of bad days are illnesses, or being short of sleep (small children, work on-call, reading a book until stupid o'clock...). I try hard not to voluntarily cause the latter (resist the book!), but I can't exactly say I won't take care of the 19-month-old because I need my sleep. It's not reasonable.
And then, unfortunately, the real cure is more sleep, which is impossible unless I want to take a sick day from work, which...if I did that every time I was short of sleep, I'd probably be unemployed. Or at least on medical leave. It is also not reasonable, sadly.
Eating the right food (high protein, but also high carb) on those days helps a bit. But other than that? Other than that I just slog through and dislike things, because a tired Laura is a grumpy Laura who dislikes things just because they are things.