The article I'm blogging about today is about how to turn around a bad day at work.  I read a lot of these WikiHow articles since they always show up on my Google homepage.  Most of them are cheesy and leave me saying, "What the hell? Who wrote this piece of crap?".  But I love this one.  It's full of realistic advice and validation. 

Growing up in a family where you were supposed to just buck it up everyday and not express negative feelings or unhappiness, I always wholeheartedly appreciate when someone says, "It's OK to have a bad day" or "It's OK not to put up with this crap".  Because it is!  I can't stand when you read articles that sugar coat everything and tell you that if you just approached things differently, you'd see it more positively and accept it.  I also can't stand the people who preach constant positivity and tell you that if you only had a positive attitude like they did, the world would be roses---like that ridiculous Who Moved My Cheese franchise.

Well sometimes the world isn't roses, dammit!  Sometimes your job really does suck and sometimes your boss really is the devil incarnate.  And sometimes you just have a bad day.  And there's no reason why you aren't entitled to it!

So when I read articles that acknowledge that there are bad days and that bad days are OK,  justifiable and even healthy, I jump for joy.  And this one is particularly good because it talks about doing some introspection about why you had the bad day. It helps you learn from it.  And most importantly it gives you very constructive ways to deal with the bad day or turn it around.  It even gets a little humorous in the end with the Number 9 tip of "Go Postal".  Check out the link to the article below and then if you would like, offer some tips to us JobSchmobbers on how you deal with a bad day.

Talk about it:  Share your bad day experiences and what you do to deal with bad days.