Mondayitis, fat days and other emotional lows

If there's anything that can dampen my mood, it's rain (and possibly, money). I know we're supposed to be happy when it rains - "it's good for the farmers" and all that, but I am a major Vitamin D girl. I can't live without it! In fact living in London for five months gave me a major case of Vitamin D deficiency which took many trips to the beach to cure. So when you combine a rainy day, with feeling fat and being poor it adds up to one "not happy Jan" girl.

Don't worry, I'm not about to launch into a sad post about how crap I feel today, instead I felt inspired to write about the little things in our head that can make or break our happiness on some days. Why is that some days a work assignment can be a breeze and on other days we want to smash someone's head in with said work that needs to be done? It all comes down to our frame of mind. I've written many stories about positive thinking but we all know that sometimes we just don't want to be positive dammit!

Some days you just want to lie on the couch and be miserable. You want to stuff your face with chocolate and cry over sad movies (like The Notebook). It gives us an emotional release, and it's only natural since we can't be expected to be "up" all the time. Maybe that's part of why it does rain. I know some people who are happiest when it's rainy and gloomy outside - for them it's their relaxing, happy time. Whereas people like me, use the rainy days to mope. (Of course I am not suggesting that there is a real scientific reason for rain that is linked to our emotions, but for the sake of this post, I'm drawing my own conclusion).

So if you're having a crap day today (like my morning was), then I hope this post brings you a little sunshine. Remember it's only rain, and the negative thoughts you might be having only seem a thousand times worse right now because you really wish you were at home in your PJs, or on holidays in the Bahamas. And for those not in Sydney and not experiencing this weather, you can stop gloating now : )

"For every minute you are angry, you lose 60 seconds of happiness." Anonymous

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