How to take a bad day

The bad day begins in the shower. Just enough time to soap yourself up and, bang, the hot water disappears, leaving you to quickly rinse off and get out. The first pleasure of the morning is over and a series of minor tortures begin. The car won't start, the battery is dead, and all you have to do is drop it off at the auto electrician. The first appointment of the day, also the most important one, is postponed. Meanwhile, bad news rains down, not particularly important, but just enough to put you in a bad mood. And to make you think, in exaggerated apocalyptic tones: "It would be better to stay in bed today," "Who has their eye on me?", "What have I done to be tortured?"

When a bad day arrives, it takes no prisoners. The body speaks, sending out signals, and warnings us that nothing is going right: there's tiredness, listlessness, boredom, sloth,you even lack the energy to rebel. Better yet, because with a bad day the remedies can be even worse than the disease. And here comes the first antidote: taking a “fender posture”, the object known to anyone in the nautical world for its ability to cushion blows, absorb impacts, prevent damage and scratches, and act as a shock absorber. The "fender posture" is not passive; it simply means not tempting bad luck, not starting a losing battle, not feeling obligated to fight back. There are times when you have to know how to take it, and small signals are those that serve as the bell ringing to announce their arrival: all that remains is to dampen, minimize, and cover the sequence of inconveniences with a veil of healthy irony.

Resign yourselves, and don't waste time, energy and health: a bad day cannot be fixed with some magic, complain, as usual, is completely useless. Better to distract yourself with some diversion, shuffle the table of habits, postpone deadlines that are not urgent, take measures with bad luck by playing on the time factor, and extending it. Without forcing it. Have you ever experienced when a plane leaves you stranded due to overbooking or a technical failure? Bad luck has knocked on your door, woe betide you if you challenge it by starting the Way of the Cross of a change of plans, looking for an alternative flight, or even another means of transportation (from a plane to a train). Follow the directions of the airline that caused the disaster with lucid passivity, and don't ask for further trouble.

Etymology can give you a little help, and keep in mind that the adjective “storto” comes from the Latin tortus, past participle of the verb torquēre, what does it mean to twist, turn, bend, contortThere's an autopilot on a bad day that leads you astray. You just have to give it time to complete its course, minimizing damage, and knowing that you haven't ended up in chaos, but are simply navigating a turbulent area of ​​accumulated disorder. And a bad day has a great advantage: it disappears as quickly as it appeared.

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