5 Ways to Rescue a Day Gone Bad
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5 Ways to Rescue a Day Gone Bad
Have you ever had a day where you feel like you can’t do anything right?
Whether it starts with a single small mistake or a much bigger issue, we’ve all had a day like that sometime in our lives. However, we often have more control over days like that than we think. Stopping a day where you can’t do anything right is really just about changing the momentum 1 of your day. Here’s how to do that:
1. Clear your head: On days like this, our brains can be our own worst enemy. We weigh our minds down with worries about the mistakes we’ve already made and anticipate 2 ones in the future.
To escape this string of failures, what you need to do is clear your head. You can go for a walk, do a quick coffee run, or just take a few minutes to meditate 3 at your desk. Whichever way you choose, taking the time to clear you head can change the direction of your day.
2. Pick an easy win: Sometimes, all you need to break a string of losses is a win. It doesn’t even matter if the win is a small one. On a day where you feel like you can’t do anything right, your brain can be your own worst enemy.
Picking an easy win can be the key to re-establishing your confidence.
3. Sweat it out: While we have created a complex society, we are still the same Homo Sapiens who had to hunt for food and fight for survival 4 on a daily basis. We have “fight or flight” reactions that make perfect sense for survival, but are very counter-productive in the average office environment.
Taking a brief exercise break can help you burn off the stress hormones 5 that you’ve built up and clear your head.
4. Trade it off: If one task is proving particular insurmountable for you, can you trade it off with a colleague for one that they dislike? You’ll still end up with a difficult task, but perhaps you can get one that you find more manageable than the particular task that was causing you such troubles.
5. Bow out gracefully 6: Sometimes matters are truly beyond our control. Perhaps you came to work sick, or have some other obstacle 7 to you finishing your day. Either way, sometimes getting out of the way of trouble is the best way to not encounter 8 it.
Remember, many times a bad day can be rescued before it’s too late. So, don’t surrender 9 before you give it a try!
n.动力，冲力，势头；动量
- We exploit the energy and momentum conservation laws in this way.我们就是这样利用能量和动量守恒定律的。
- The law of momentum conservation could supplant Newton's third law.动量守恒定律可以取代牛顿第三定律。
vt.预期(料)，期望；提前使用，先行动
- I anticipate his arrival at four o'clock.我期待他4点钟到达。
- He tried to anticipate all my needs.他设法将我需要的东西预先准备好。
v.想，考虑，（尤指宗教上的）沉思，冥想
- It is important to meditate on the meaning of life.思考人生的意义很重要。
- I was meditating,and reached a higher state of consciousness.我在冥想，并进入了一个更高的意识境界。
n.留住生命，生存，残存，幸存者
- The doctor told my wife I had a fifty-fifty chance of survival.医生告诉我的妻子，说我活下去的可能性只有50%。
- The old man was a survival of a past age.这位老人是上一代的遗老。
ad.大大方方地；优美地
- She sank gracefully down onto a cushion at his feet. 她优雅地坐到他脚旁的垫子上。
- The new coats blouse gracefully above the hip line. 新外套在臀围线上优美地打着褶皱。
n.障碍，障碍物，妨害
- She felt that her family was an obstacle to her work.她感到她的家庭妨碍她的工作。
- He is in the full flush of success;nothing was an obstacle.他的成就如日中天，锐不可当。
v.遇到，偶然碰到；遭遇；n.遭遇；意外的相见
- It was a bloody encounter between the two armies. 这是那两军之间的一次激烈的遭遇战。
- A fortunate encounter brought the two friends together after a long separation.两位老朋友长期分离这次才有幸相遇。
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