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Ask HN: Anyone else having a sh*tty day?

8 points by jfi ↗ HN
Maybe I have a case of the Mondays, but sale fell through for my startup, potential investor is not happy with certain aspects of our term sheet (they are fortunately justified claims) so back to the lawyer drawing board, few other operational items that are piggy-backing on the previous two, and it looks like it is about to rain and I'm at a cafe with only my bike as transportation.

I realize these are minor, but it is just one of those days where everything seems 10x times worse than it actually is.

What do you do to pick your spirits up and snap out of a funk?

8 comments

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sahillavingia
Nil nil. No matter the score, always play as if the score was 0 0.

Every day is nil nil. Score a goal today, no matter what happened yesterday or the day before... That mindset helps me a ton with progress every day.

mathgladiator
Right on, no one cares about what you did yesterday, but what you are going to do today.
kareemm
I go exercise, hard.

Everything seems better after I get the blood flowing and I feel that awesome combo of being physically tired / refreshed.

jfi
Agreed, a good run / bike ride often takes care of things.
jat850
Alter your perspective on it a tiny bit:

It's Monday morning and you're sitting in a cafe, negotiating and moving forward the sale of your startup. You're about to go outside and bike in the fresh air.

Places you're not: - working a menial office job daydreaming about working on your own projects

- trapped in a cube farm with no prospect of enjoying the day, whatever it brings weather-wise, outside

- stuck in traffic with your only means of transportation being a vehicle that has a tendency to, well, get stuck in traffic

All will be well.

(edited so it's readable)

jfi
100% right, thank you! This really helped, very much appreciate it.
bobf
Changing your perspective is great advice. Other than that, try taking action towards improving your situation. However small the action, accomplishment generally will lift your spirits. Additionally, diving into something will either help take your mind off things or help solve them (depending if you're working on the problem at hand, or something else, of course).