Feeling Down? A Simple Cure

The last couple of days, I have had a few times when I started to get down. I’m not sure why, maybe the moon cycle or something. The thing I want to bring up about this though, is not my instability, (are any of us stable?) but what I did about it.

When I caught myself becoming a little morose, a little down, I simply stopped and asked my self this question.

“What are you down about, and what will it accomplish to let this go further?”

The answer, of course, was that what I was down about wasn’t all that important, and, continuing to feel that way did not accomplish anything except to bring my energy level down and make me unhappy.

What I did to remedy the problem was to simply decide to not continue. I one instance I just put the negative thoughts away, and in another, I talked the problem out with my wife.

Talking it out was by far the best. When we were done talking, not only was I no longer down, I was actually energized and couldn’t wait to get home and do some things that would remedy the situation.

Next time you find yourself getting down, try this simple little method. Ask yourself what the problem is, why are you down. When you have the answer, ask two more questions. The first is, “What will be accomplished if I continue in this way.” The second is, “What is the quickest and most effective way to release these thoughts?” Do you need to talk them out, journal about them, throw rocks at a tree? Once you know what will release the thoughts, do whatever it is as quickly as you can. Don’t wait!

Steve

P.S. Our lives seem to fly by. Why spend even one moment of them down in the dumps if you can do something simple about it?