Yesterday was less than peaceful

Well, I woke up this morning with the feeling that I am coming down with some kind of cold. It is flu season and I'm wondering if it's the dreaded H1N1 that I have contracted. Needless to say, I didn't get much done at home and in fact, I slept in and was almost late for my afternoon shift. At work, there seemed to be tensions and a general feeling of disease and I got the feeling that things weren't going as smoothly as desired. I got through my shift; however, I left work with a significant amount of negative energy. By the time I left I was angry, irritated, bitter and resentful. Not very good feelings to have when you're trying for 'complete peace & tranquility'.

So I had a choice: Do I continue to ruminate over the things that went wrong OR Do I try to focus on more positive thoughts. Well, I know from doing the exercises in the book "Mind Over Mood" by Dennis Greenberger and Chrisine Padesky (Highly Recommend) that my thoughts affect my mood. So, I chose to try to focus on good thoughts and let the bad ones go.

On my drive home I debated all the way on whether I had the energy to work out at Curves. Of course, I had all kinds of excuses to not go like; I had a bad day I deserve to go home, I'm feeling sick I need to take care of myself, It won't matter if I miss one day and so on. But, I replaced these thoughts with; What's 30 minutes, You'll feel better after, Maybe it will help you fight off your sickness. All the way home I debated. As I drove closer to Curves I decided to do the right thing and turn into the driveway. I said to myself that I didn't have to work extra hard, just get through it as a half hour of something is better than nothing.

Well, it's the next morning and a brand new day. I did feel better that I exercised and believe it or not I don't feel like I'm getting sick this morning. I'm accomplishing some things this morning that make me feel good such as writing this blog, organizing my dinner tonight, cleaning up the kitchen and getting ready to go to work.

Be proactive! Pick one thing today that you want to do and don't worry about doing it perfect or getting it finished. Just start it - enjoy it while you're doing it - and stop when you've had enough. But, say to yourself when your done "Look at what I have accomplished - It was something instead of nothing." Now, don't you feel good about yourself?