Positive Living: Even Life Coaches Have the Occaisional ‘Grumpy’ Day
Comments(6) For some reason, I had a grumpy day yesterday… could be hormones (smack dab in the middle of menopause), could be the weather (cold, rainy, dark grey day), could be… could be… could be…
What ever the cause… the result was one ‘grumpy’ Joyce… the storm clouds had gathered in my attitude and I saw everything through the lens of grump…
Circumstances that would normally not even be a bump in my usual cheerful path, were causing me to stub my toe… I felt itchy all day…
Now… knowing what I know about focusing on the negative and inviting more in to feel negative about… I pulled a couple of tools from my vast Law of Attraction tool kit and limply waved them around… but I wasn’t in the mood to be cheered up…
My mood wasn’t due to anything serious… I knew that ‘this too shall pass‘… so I just kept my mouth closed for containment. I wasn’t about to make it worse and have anyone else affected by it. That is one of the most common mistakes people make. They inflict upon others. If you take nothing else away from this story… that is the nugget… Don’t inflict your grumpy mood on anyone else!
Instead, I chose to take care of myself.
- I had a nap on the couch after dinner
- I chose to let the answering machine handle a couple of calls from friends (I wouldn’t have been good company anyway)
- I had a bath
- I went to bed early
The result:
I had a great sleep, today brought a blue sky, I feel refreshed, no harm was done… and no one is the wiser… I have another tool in my toolkit…
The moral of the story:
“Sometimes a grumpy day is just a grumpy day”… no big deal… it feels lousy to be in the middle of one, but they often sort themselves out if they are just left alone.
Own it… take care of yourself and let it go…
However… If there is one after another after another… that’s different… something needs to change, to be resolved…
If you are having grumpy day after grumpy day and want help creating changes… Contact me… I can help you with your tool kit…
Wishing you a lovely day…
Joyce
I love this one (don’t I say that every time
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“”Sometimes a grumpy day is just a grumpy day”… no big deal… it feels lousy to be in the middle of one, but they often sort themselves out if they are just left alone.Own it… take care of yourself and let it go…”
Great advice Joyce!
XX
k
I love “own it and let it go”. What powerful words! So often the ones we love the most suffer the most for our grumpy days. Next time I want to snap at my kids for my own grumpy mood, I will tell myslelf, “own it…… now let it go.” Thanks Joyce!!
I love the advice also….wish I would have had ir yesterday cuz I also had a grumpy day…stayed away from most people so that was a good thing…maybe it was just a day for Cancers to be grumpy….feel much better today as well….next time I will embrace it, own it, and let it go….Thanks Joyce…
…maybe your grumpy self needed that nap, the answering machine to do the work and going to bed early. I think sometimes we get our selves so charged up with our amazing lives that we forget intense self-care.
I have learned that when Grumpy visits, it means its time-out time from the ordinary…time to be quiet (as to not inflict Grumpy upon others), lets technology take care of me (voicemail) and just do what I need to do.
Taking some time for serious self-care seems to appease Grumpy…she just needs a nap…or two.
You are loved in any way you choose to show yourself.
It is so good to read of yours and others “grumpy self.” We so often look and think that we are the only one that struggles with a particular issue. A lesson that I hope to have learned before I take my last breathe on this earth, is to be kind to myself and forgiving of self.
Last night on a mentoring call, my mentor said that the longest journey anyone takes is the journey inward. Thinking about that one – I’m believing that will be a journey until the end.
Thank you for sharing self with myself and others in this group. Joyce, you are a true leader, leading oneself to the light and leaving stepping stones for those desiring same.
Have a Joyful and Prosperous Day
Brenda
had one myself today…couldn’t seem to do anything right so i just shut up and put my head down and plowed on through the day. Now i am home watching my butterfly on my butterfly bush and feeling much better.