As we all know, life has tons of ups and downs and the downs are usually what helps us appreciate the ups. College bad days are some of the toughest because things happen out of your control and nine times out of ten, your parents or other family members are not there to come to your rescue. You’re on your own but don’t worry; Her Campus HU has some tips for overcoming a bad day and how to prevent them. Take notes!
Bad days will happen, but what renders a day as being bad is all in your attitude. You can either take it on as a challenge or buckle under pressure. Let’s set the scene, sometimes bad days seem like they never end. You were running late for class and you got there right after the grace period. Now your teacher won’t let you in which eventually lands you with 2 absences and 3 takes you from an A+ to a B+ in the class. You go to buy yourself something to eat from the student center but you see you dropped your money running to class. You decide to not worry about it when your friend from calculus reminds you that the class has a test and you haven’t studied a lick. You decide to take the lost because you’ve had good math grades so far this semester. You thought your day was okay until you discovered you had 3 missed calls and a voicemail from your mom. You decide not to listen to it and just call back and she tells you that the family dog got hit by a car while following after the UPS truck. How could this day get any worse? You’re in your last class for the day and everything is running smoothly so far but you walk out of class to only to see the guy that you like walking off with another girl.
The best way to overcome a day like this is to go home, collect yourself, and make sure your next few days run smoothly. If you wake up earlier and leave on time for class you should be sure to not miss class again. Waking up isn’t the easiest task for everybody but you have to learn how to be diligent to prepare for the day ahead. If you were prepared you wouldn’t have had to run to class and end up losing your money. After your friend reminded you of the test in Calculus, you suddenly recalled the last class and you were in a rush and forgot to put a test reminder in your calendar. If you wrote the reminder down in that moment, you would’ve remembered to study. These are all ways that could have prevented you from struggling throughout the day. As for the dog, stress on the family is always a bother, especially when you can’t be there to support them since you’re far away from home. The best way to handle family stress is to pray it gets better. Always check on your family and give them words of encouragement.
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You call your boo and ask him about what you saw and he tells you that the girl he walked off with was just a member from his group project and they were on the way to the library. You decide to accept what he has to say and maybe he’s lying, but maybe he’s not.The feeling you felt when you saw them together didn’t sit well with you when it was happening but you feel he deserves the benefit of a doubt. You detach the situations of the day from this particular part so that it doesn’t cloud your judgment. That’s the best solution in this case. It’s up to you whether to ask further questions but his story seemed reasonable.
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Attempting to reroute your day is always a good way to shake off the bad day blues. A clear mind can activate solutions for the future. Sitting down with some friends at dinner to vent about your day also allows you to blow off some steam. This is how you can change a bad day into a good. Accentuate the positive, eliminate the negative. Other ways are getting some exercise, reminiscing on good memories, saying to yourself that you can get through anything, or doing something silly like getting all dressed up in the house and blasting fun music. Never let a bad day get you down! Just think of solutions and prepare for the future.