Bored Panda
Penny Yaffe-Krakow
It’s more than being a ‘glass-half-full/glass-half-empty’ thing. Perspective is also a product of your circumstance, your condition, your support systems.
We all deal with life challenges differently, and we are ALL trying to handle LOTS of character-building things right now – whether it’s the virus, life-turned-upside-down, fear for the future, loss of job, loss of loved ones, Mother Nature’s fury, lost opportunities, and more.
Looking for ways to stay CALM while doing the best possible otherwise is becoming more and more important to me.
- Realizing and accepting what I CAN – and CAN’T do anything about is a first step.
- Doing what you CAN – step by step – “All you can do is all you can do.” Try to stop worrying.
- Stay busy. Try to be as productive as possible. Make a list and check things off. (I try to do at least one big project each day.)
- Take care of yourself by eating healthy and exercising. (Trying to get my lard off makes me feel I’m in control of at least ONE thing.)
- Try to arrange for happy things during the day. (Mine are reading, art room, writing on my blog, finding pictures for the blog, working in my garden, listening to music, talking to friends.
- Take advantage of your personal support group. (Having someone who cares and listens, letting you vent without verbal judgment, is a life saver. Remember that this goes both ways!)
- Try to change the way you look at things.
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