Yesterday was one of those days when I couldn\u2019t seem to do anything right.\u00a0 I dropped my daughter off at Sunday School 10 minutes late.\u00a0 Then I had a music practice after church and made one mistake after another.\u00a0 In the afternoon, I tried to sew a Christmas stocking and bungled it all up.\u00a0 Of course, these were small, inconsequential matters.\u00a0 But by the end of the day, I felt like I couldn\u2019t do anything right.\u00a0 So, I folded laundry.<\/p>\n
Folding laundry is one thing that I can do well, no matter what the circumstances.\u00a0 Sometimes, when nothing in life is going our way, we just need to fold laundry.\u00a0 We need to do something simple that we always do well.\u00a0 Your simple thing may be washing dishes.\u00a0 Or it may be organizing the junk drawer.\u00a0 By doing something simple and doing it well,<\/em> we get back our confidence.<\/p>\n The problem is that when we are having a bad day, our inclination is to throw up our hands, sit on the couch, and flake out in front of the television.\u00a0 There isn\u2019t anything wrong with that, except it doesn\u2019t get us mentally back on track.\u00a0 When we are struggling, we don\u2019t need to watch other people doing things well.\u00a0 We <\/em>need to do something well.<\/p>\n The practice of stopping, doing something small and doing it well, is similar to when we reboot our computer. \u00a0It\u2019s a way to start over.\u00a0 And that is what successful people do.\u00a0 They reboot \u2013 often.\u00a0 On the outside, they look like they have it all together, but in fact they have the same frustrations as the rest of us.\u00a0 The difference is that successful people don\u2019t hesitate to reboot.\u00a0 They aren\u2019t afraid to stop and do something small to get themselves back on track.<\/p>\n There are many times in life when we need to reboot.\u00a0 If you\u2019ve been crabby with people all day, stop.\u00a0 Take a break in the action.\u00a0 Don\u2019t beat yourself up because you haven\u2019t been as pleasant as you would like to have been.\u00a0 No one is perfect.\u00a0 Instead, reboot by doing something nice for someone else.\u00a0 Send an email complimenting someone on a job well done.\u00a0 Or buy a friend a cup of coffee.\u00a0 Just doing something kind for another person can get you back to a good attitude.<\/p>\n Sometimes we need to reboot when we are feeling overwhelmed.\u00a0 We all can feel like we have too much on our plate.\u00a0 Try to remember that you can\u2019t do everything.\u00a0 No one can.\u00a0 All you can do is your best.\u00a0 The next time you feel overwhelmed, instead of trying to do everything, just do one thing<\/em>.\u00a0 Don\u2019t multitask.\u00a0 And don\u2019t do that one thing while thinking about the 10 other things you have to accomplish.\u00a0 Just focus on one item on your task list, and do it well.\u00a0 It cuts the stress when we let our brains focus on one thing at a time.<\/p>\n There also are times we need to reboot because we are feeling depressed or discouraged.\u00a0 If you have those feelings on occasion, realize that you are not alone.\u00a0 We all combat feelings of sadness from time to time.\u00a0 Even the most blessed people can feel depressed.\u00a0 The problem is that those kinds of feelings can spiral out of control if we let them.\u00a0 The key is to develop strategies to elevate yourself out of depressed feelings when they arise.\u00a0 If you feel like you are heading toward a black mood, stop what you are doing.\u00a0 If there is a Bible or inspirational book nearby, read a chapter.\u00a0 If there is a song or other piece of music that uplifts you, listen to it.\u00a0\u00a0Then take a moment to pray and ask God to help you calm your mind.<\/p>\n We all have bad days occasionally.\u00a0 That is the nature of being alive.\u00a0 Knowing how to turn things around is critical.\u00a0 How to do that is different for everyone.\u00a0 However, no matter what approach you take, the key is to stop, reboot, and do something positive.\u00a0 Like folding laundry\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Yesterday was one of those days when I couldn\u2019t seem to do anything right.\u00a0 I dropped my daughter off at Sunday School 10 minutes late.\u00a0 Then I had a music practice after church and made one mistake after another.\u00a0 In the afternoon, I tried to sew a Christmas stocking and bungled it all up.\u00a0 Of…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":593,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-139","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\n