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How to Have a Bad Day Step 1: Dwell on the Past
Start your morning with a full-cinematic highlight reel of every mistake you’ve ever made. Bonus points if you replay that awkward thing you said in 2012 on loop—preferably while brushing your teeth or trying to meditate.
How to Have a Bad Day Step 2: Worry About the Future
Because nothing says “inner peace” like obsessing over things that haven’t happened yet… and might never happen.
How to Have a Bad Day Step 3: Compare. Everything.
Nothing crushes joy faster than comparing your blooper reel to someone else's highlight reel. So let’s do this right:
How to Have a Bad Day Step 4: Follow Your Heart
Angry? Snap at someone. Sad? Cancel everything. Anxious? Spiral into an existential crisis.
How to Have a Bad Day Step 5: Stay Busy
Let’s talk about the high we all pretend not to chase: being
How to Have a Bad Day Step 6: Listen to Everyone's Opinions
Just open your ears (and all your apps) and let the opinions flood in like a tsunami of confusion.
How to Have a Bad Day Step 7: Assume Rejection
Rejection is rarely just rejection. It’s a performance — in our heads — starring us, produced by anxiety, and scored by trauma.
How to Have a Bad Day Step 8: Pretend You're Fine
Ah, the classic:
How to Have a Bad Day Step 9: Complain
We all complain. Some of us do it eloquently (with a latte in hand), some do it passive-aggressively (looking at you, vague Facebook posts), and others… well, others just go full “this WiFi is ruining my life” meltdown.
How to Have a Bad Day Step 10: Gossip
Let's play a quick game. Think of a time someone stuck their nose in your business, rewrote the narrative, and then "published" it. It was onesided. It misrepresented you. Now… think of a time you did that to someone else.
How to Have a Bad Day Step 11: Never Be Content
Want to guarantee yourself a solid dose of dissatisfaction? Easy. Just believe that happiness is always one season away.
How to Have a Bad Day Step 12: Don't Rest
If you're like me, most of us feel guilty when we rest. Even if we
How to Have a Bad Day Step 13: Isolate Yourself
Let’s face it: community is overrated. Who needs people checking in on you, asking how you’re
How to Have a Bad Day Step 14: Procrastinate
Want to sabotage your day before it even begins? Easy. Just start procrastinating. It's like passive-aggressively telling your future self, “Good luck with
How to Have a Bad Day Step 15: Hold on to Stuff
Ever walked into a room and immediately forgotten why you were there—because you got distracted by the pile of mail, a box of cords, and a stack of “someday” clothes? Yeah. Same. Just this morning I walked from my cluttered bedroom, down my cluttered hallway, through my cluttered kitchen, down stairs to, yep you guessed it, my cluttered office. "I need more room to put stuff" was what I caught myself thinking. But is that the answer?
How to Have a Bad Day Step 16: Be Defensive
Ever walk away from a discussion thinking,
How to Have a Bad Day Step 17: Stay Bitter
Bitterness never knocks on the door and introduces itself. It just slides in quietly and makes itself at home. You think you’ve buried the issue, but then it pops out in a sarcastic tone, a cold shoulder, or that one snappy reply you didn’t mean but definitely meant. It usually grows from hurt that’s been stored instead of healed. Think you're not bitter? See if you can relate to any of these ways bitterness creeps in:
How to Have a Bad Day Step 18: Resent Aging Pt. 1
Birthdays Hit Different
How to Have a Bad Day Step 19: Resent Aging Pt. 2
They say marriage is about compromise. But if you’re in perimenopause or andropause, compromise looks like one person wrapped in three blankets while the other is standing in front of an open freezer yelling,
How to Have a Bad Day Step 20: Live Like There's No Tomorrow
Ever noticed how people react differently when they think the world’s ending? Some stockpile beans, some max out credit cards, some start bucket lists, and others just binge Netflix “because what’s the point?”
How to Have a Bad Day Step 21: Pick a Side and Draw Your Sword
No need to have intelligent conversations anymore! Want to know who a person is? I'll tell you!
How to Have a Bad Day Step 22: Spiral
You get corrected at work… and by 2 PM you're already scrolling through SaskJobs cause you just know you're gonna get fired.
How to Have a Bad Day Step 23: Rescue People
Why let people learn from their mistakes when you can throw yourself headfirst into their chaos? Forget boundaries. Forget self-care. If they’re sinking, jump in after them—who needs a life jacket anyway? If you’re exhausted, bitter, and broke, at least you’ll know you tried.