Managing Bad Days Without Making Major Decisions

• Mood naturally fluctuates. Like the weather, people experience sunny and rainy days, and even positive changes eventually become the new normal.
• Some low and high days are inevitable. Across a year, there will be unusually bad days and unusually good ones, even when nothing specific causes them.
• Don’t treat temporary discomfort as proof that your life needs changing. If you’re unhappy with your life overall, consider making changes—but avoid major decisions based only on a bad day.
• Pause before reacting. A difficult mood can prompt people to make drastic choices, such as ending a relationship or disrupting a business that is just starting to succeed.
• A useful question: Is this bad day significant enough to justify changing my behavior?
• A measure of resilience: If you can have a bad day and still do good work, that can count as a good day.