Don’t we all have those dull and dreary days at work? Days where nothing seems right, when it’s all too muddled and messed up?Well, we all have a right to have some such days here and there but we all struggle to fight them and come out neat and shining. So, the question is, how do we do that? I thought of some very easy, quick, yet effective ways to do the same. Here are some you can try too:

Dive deep to get the root cause

First things first, before we let the frustration of a tough day take over us completely, take a minute and revisit the events of the day and even the previous day, if needed, and know what is causing this entire mess. Most of the times, we get our answer here. Once you know the cause, either fight it, control it, accept it or rise above it. Don’t let one bad event take over every other thing you do that day. We must all learn to separate productive from the unproductive, good from the bad and tough from the easy.

Take a screen break

If you’ve been on the screen for long, trying to make things work, may be, it’s time to take your eyes off and break for a few mins. Take a walk, talk to a few people, sip some tea. These little things just do wonders at times. They detach us from the tyranny of some unreasonable amount of work that we might be loaded with that day. Talking to people might transport us to a different world for sometime and when we get back to that mundane screen, may be, it doesn’t look as big a trouble maker.

Take a deep breath

Being a fitness enthusiast, I just can’t stop emphasising the importance of breathing. Taking a few deep breaths helps us to get more oxygen running through the body, it increases our vitality levels and makes us feel rejuvenated. Add a calm music and relax back in your chair. When you focus on your breathing, you let other disturbing thoughts drift away from you.

Stay away from negativity

There can be colleagues, who might not always be sensitive to the needs of the others. These are days when you want to stay away from them. They just might flare you up and make things worse for you on an already tough day. How about negativity that comes from within? The same needs to confronted and sorted too. Thoughts related to failure or incompetency are detrimental on a day like this. The day might be tough on you and if it is happening due to an innate incompetency, it cannot be overcome today itself anyway. Reflection and realisation is what is important. So, the way out is to manage this tough day with a smile and start working on the realised limitations from tomorrow.

Get support

Sometimes, we get the sense of achievement only after we have overcome a big barrier. Accomplishment, however, remains unchanged whether we faced issues while achieving something or it went smooth. Hence, it might be very helpful to seek out for help on a tough day. Things can get sorted significantly if we share our work load. Trust the people around you and take their help. You take their help today when you’re in need and for all you know, tomorrow might be the day when they seek support and they think of you.