The Science Behind "Having a Bad Day" (and how to solve it)
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#2I've never felt like I've had a "bad luck" day. Part of that might be not believing in luck or making my own. For me, bad days generally occur when my schedule is too tight and I have a cascading failure.
For example, I have a trouble sleeping so when I get up I'm groggy. That makes me late to leave for a meeting, which usually means I'll forget something or have another problem in my rush. I don't have time to stop for coffee, so I'm even less lucid than I usually am. In my grogginess and haste, I take longer to respond to emails and I spent less time mentally answering them before I had to, so that takes longer than I expected. Then I end up with a late lunch. etc.
I find the trick to avoiding bad days is generally just to give myself ample time to recover if something is putting pressure on my schedule.
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#3I've never felt like I've had a "bad luck" day. Part of that might be not believing in luck or making my own. For me, bad days generally occur when my schedule is too tight and I have a cascading failure. For example, I have a trouble sleeping so when I get up I'm groggy. That makes me late to leave for a meeting, which usually means I'll forget something or have another problem in my rush. I don't have time to stop…
The fact that you never feel like the world is out to get you, or that things are beyond your control probably gives you a distinct advantage over 99% of people. It is easy for most people (including myself) to fall into that trap.
Then again, there's the study that shows that people who believe in luck tend to lead happier and longer lives. [1]
[1] http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/raising-happiness/201003...
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#4It seems pretty logical to me that one can't have good days without occasionally having bad days.
A flaw in American culture seems to be that negative feelings simply aren't acceptable: to anybody. Looking for reasons to be unhappy would be silly, but negative feelings do have to be safely processed and diffused.
The alternative is the observed rise in mental disorder and use of anti-depressants.
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#6I've never felt like I've had a "bad luck" day. Part of that might be not believing in luck or making my own. For me, bad days generally occur when my schedule is too tight and I have a cascading failure. For example, I have a trouble sleeping so when I get up I'm groggy. That makes me late to leave for a meeting, which usually means I'll forget something or have another problem in my rush. I don't have time to stop…
Agreed - My first thought when reading that article is "hm I don't think I've ever experienced the thought of 'I'm having a bad day'"
I also don't believe in luck and spent a long time as a serious poker player which shaped my mind into seeing non-dependent events as they truly are.
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Sometimes I'm amazed by what people are willing to put their name to.