I am NOT
a morning person.
I don’t like waking up.
I prefer to sleep
all day.
But no one
who has ever
worked with me
believes this.
I am cheerful
when I deal with them.
This takes work
and intention.
I do things like…
giving myself extra time
in the morning,
avoiding the news,
reading the joke
of the day
etc.
“I think it’s fair
to assert that
sometimes,
our moods are handed to us.
But it’s also clearly true that
we can do things
to improve our mood.
Morning pages, meditation,
exercise, positive thinking,
the right audio inputs,
who we hang out with,
the media we consume
–it’s all a choice.
And if it’s a choice,
that means it’s a skill,
because we can
get better at it.”
Note: If you are
suffering
from clinical depression,
taking action might not make you
happy
but there are things
you can do
(like taking your meds)
to become happier.
If you don’t like your mood,
if your mood isn’t productive,
seek to change it.