Blue Monday? Today is the Day to Shine.

I heard on the news today that today, Monday, January 21, is considered by many to be the most depressing day of the year.  After all, credit card bills are coming due, New Years’ resolutions have been tried and forgotten and, of course, it is  frigid.   And Green Bay lost.

Speaking of frigid, up here in Minnesota, the cretins only we celebrate the weather by ice fishing (I saw a guy today at 7 am sitting on a bucket fishing!), playing pond hockey (the world’s largest pond hockey tournament was in town this weekend) and jogging outside.

Not to be contrary here, but on days like this…when everyone else has an excuse to be all down, dumpy and depressed as in “Dude, the weather sucks, I hate my job and my life,”…is exactly the right time for YOU to take the opposite approach and make it the MOST positive day of the year so far.  It is easy to be all cheery in the summertime, harder now.  But today is when a great attitude will mean the most for you.  And for others too… because showcasing your positive attitude today will help others get through their own miserable, ain’t-it-awful, depressing day.

But how can you make yourself feel all positive and “up” when you are not?

Here are two things to try:

1.  Double up your efforts at work.  All of us are capable of more work, of figuratively sprinting instead of walking through the workday.  Remember your excitement on your first day at this job.  Re-create it.  Getting more done than ever on a day like this, will do wonders for your own personal sense of accomplishment.

2.  Give another person a dose of your positive energy.  A proven way to motivate yourself is to attempt to motivate others.  It is almost impossible to be a positive, motivational influence by being all depressed.  Make it your goal today to change ONE person’s attitude if only for a few minutes.  This is so easy to do:  just have a happy conversation, smile a lot, compliment them, tell a joke, laugh, be energetic.  I guarantee that success in motivating others is the biggest personal motivator you can do.

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