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SIX WAYS to deal with a horrible, no-good, really bad day Bad days are a fact of life. Everyone has them – no matter who you are, or what you do. BY MICHAEL JOHNSON From small things like missing the bus to bigger issues like being overlooked for a promotion or encountering financial set-backs, there are days when dreams and goals feel like they are completely out of reach. When days (or sometimes even weeks) like that occur, it is important to remember our commitment to our goals will be challenged time and again – it’s all just part of the growth cycle. With that in mind, there are a few key things that you can do to help deal with the inevitable bad days. 1. Acceptance For most of us, a situation is only negative or bad because we perceive it to be; our reality is different from what we had envisaged. When that happens, accepting how things are and facing up to the challenge can help you to let go of how things ‘should’ be, refocus on the present, and get on with achieving (even if achieving simply means getting to the end of the day). Bad days and challenges will come and go, but you will always retain the capacity to keep working toward your dreams and your goals. Accept the bad day as a challenge, and keep your focus on your mission and on the future. 2. Don’t play the blame game When we’re running late or miss out on that great business opportunity, it is common to blame other people, or even ourselves. It is normal to start running through all the things that could have been done differently (why did I hit snooze again? … I should have stayed back those extra few hours… If only I hadn’t spent that money on those new shoes…). Other times it is easy put the responsibility on others for our bad day. Acknowledging what can be done differently next time is important, but once we’ve accepted that things are how they are in the present moment, it is much harder – or nearly impossible – to come up with reasons to blame ourselves or others for why things aren’t going well. Plus, when we’re not blaming and focused on the past, it is also much easier to start focusing on moving forward toward our dreams. 3. Ask better questions Instead of asking yourself ‘why is this happening to me’, a far better question is ‘what is the best way I can deal with this?’. If we focus on trying to work out why something bad is happening, then the search engine in our brain is going to focus on finding the answers for us and it is easy to fall into the trap of thoughts like ‘because I’m not good enough’ or ‘because I’m not smart enough’ and other self-limiting beliefs. We go where our thoughts are focused. If we are focused on the bad feelings we get when we are having a bad day, then we’ll just keep getting more of that. Focus the search engine in your brain on how to find a solution. Ask positive, helpful questions which will direct your brain to find constructive answers. 4. Stop thinking about it That sounds like a contradiction to the last point, right? However, how many times have you shut down the conscious brain and stopped thinking ‘where did I put my keys?’, only to find that in the middle of cooking dinner you suddenly remember where they are? This principle works the same way for any other problem in life, including bad days. Formulate a question, and the subconscious brain will set to work to find the answer for you. Even if you think your brain isn’t working on the solution, it usually is. So when you’re having a bad day, ask yourself a better question to direct your brain toward solutions, then go and do something else. 5. Relax One of the best ways to nourish yourself after a bad day is to just relax: accept that you’ve had a bad day, and instead, do something you love. Switching off from the problem and engaging in something that we love helps put us in a more creative mindset and refreshes our thoughts. If reading a book relaxes you, then do that. Maybe going for a run, playing with your kids or doing some cooking will help clear out the cobwebs of a bad day. For some, eating a pizza or just listening to a favourite song will help. Remember what your values are and find an activity that is in alignment, where you can get into a relaxed state and interrupt the thought patterns associated with your bad day. 38 INSPO – FITNESS JOURNAL MAY 2017
If you don’t have much time available, or your bad day isn’t over yet, just closing your eyes and taking a few deep breaths is great. If you can get outdoors and breathe in some fresh air, then that’s even better. 6. Keep perspective Everything in life is in balance. Good and bad. Positive and negative. There can’t be good days without the bad and there can’t be growth without challenge. If every day was a good day, then that would be ‘normal’ and there’d actually be no good days. We’d also lose the opportunity to grow. Remember that achieving your dreams takes commitment and the only way that commitment can be tested is through challenge. Around the corner from a bad day and on the other side of the challenge, is a good day, a great day or even the most awesome day you’ve ever had. For more advice from Michael Johnson (The Mojo Master), visit themojomaster.com.au Meet the master While the benefits of fitness and nutrition are widely recognised for their role in overall wellbeing, an increasing number of people are acknowledging the importance of mental health. With recent research revealing that one in six adults in New Zealand will be diagnosed with a mental disorder at some time in their lives, mental health disorders, including depression, can affect wellbeing, personal relationships, career and productivity. Michael Johnson (dubbed The Mojo Master) has taken his personal experience with depression and thoughts of suicide, and become a mentor and coach to world champion athletes, national sporting teams, executives and business leaders. The Australian speaker and motivator is on a personal mission to help people transform and create the life they want; to thrive and reach their full potential. >WIN Transform your life and learn some new skills to motivate and re-energise your life, with guidance from Australia’s transformational expert Michael Johnson. Discover how to overcome negative self talk, self sabotage and gain emotional control. Enter to win a double pass to The Mojo Master’s Auckland event; The Next Level, being held on Saturday May 13 from 9.30am-5pm at Rydges Auckland. (Other dates and venues for his New Zealand tour can be found at themojomaster.com.au). To enter, email your name and contact details, with Mojo Master in the subject line, to win@fitnessjournal.co.nz or enter online at fitnessjournal.co.nz Entries close May 8 2017 and you must arrange your own transport, etc to the show. The prize is for a double pass to the Auckland show on Saturday May 13 2017. Michael acquired the name The Mojo Master after transforming his own life from a troubled school dropout with learning difficulties, depression, chronic fatigue and a host of mental and emotional issues to a passionate, inspirational educator and results expert. Hired by some of Australia and New Zealand’s top business leaders, teams and athletes to align their thoughts, emotions and actions with their goals, he is currently touring New Zealand. Michael says that throughout his teenage years he was never happy with the status-quo and consistently challenged teachers until he was expelled. “I was also being bullied and, tired of not fitting in, I got very close to ending my own life. “Instead of going through with it, I actually felt incredibly angry and decided I’d no longer be a victim of others people’s judgments and taunts. I decided I would no longer let anyone else decide my selfworth or dictate the terms of my ability to succeed. “It was a wake-up call for me to turn my life around and throughout my twenties I worked as a diesel mechanic and personal trainer in the day and studied health, mindset and success at night, to see if I could help others break the shackles of living up to everyone else’s expectations. “I wanted to study the very nature of what allows a person to live up to their own potential. “Most people know what to do, they just don’t do it, so I used tactics and techniques through our training which help them become a master of their own life. “It is my mission to help millions of people to find their unique gifts and to share them with the Pacific Radiology specialise in sports injury imaging and diagnosis. We accept any referral forms and provide a walk in service for all x-ray examinations and urgent diagnostic imaging . Call Pacific Radiology for an appointment today or visit pacificradiology.com Pembroke Von Tempsky Avalon Cambridge Phone: 07 834 0000 world.” New Zealand tour dates are Tuesday, May 9 (Christchurch); Thursday, May 11 (Wellington) and Saturday, May 13 (Auckland). For more information visit themojomaster.com.au MRI ULTRASOUND X-RAY CT BONE DENSITY 35 Pembroke Street, Hamilton Lake 21 Von Tempsky Street, Hamilton East 6 Avalon Drive, Hamilton West 14 Dick Street, Cambridge Email: hamilton@pacificradiology.com INSPO – FITNESS JOURNAL MAY 2017 39
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