When you feel a bit down

You know those moods where everything is annoying and anything that anybody says to you is wrong and you just feel a bit down and fed up?

I'm in one of those now.

Nothing bad has happened today, on the contrary, it has been a nice day, with good weather and I got quite a lot in and so I should be feeling satisfied and content, but instead I just feel wiped out and irate (is that the right word to use?) I can't say that it is one particular thing that has made me feel like this, but I think that everybody is allowed to be down sometimes. It's just human nature and who we are.

But I don't like feeling like this, and I want to cheer myself up, so I thought that we could do it together. I have a few things that I like to do to try and perk me up a bit.

The first is my positivity journal. I started it a while ago (and even though I actually haven't done it in a while, I think it is a really good idea). The basic concept is that at the end of the day you write down three good things that happened to you. It could be something like winning gold at the Olympics, or something really small like that joke your friend told you that made you smile. I write all these things down in a really nice marbled notebook and it makes me feel happy to know that all these good things are in their, ready for me to read if I need a refresh positivity.

Similarly to my positivity journal is my Reasons to Smile list. At the back of my homework diary where we have some notes pages I write down anything that makes me laugh or that is a happy memory in school and with my friends. Even though we're only a few weeks into the term I have almost filled an entire page of happy memories that I probably would've forgotten otherwise. I love the idea that in years to come I might look back on it and have a little giggle about the time Izzy got stuck behind the door (I don't actually have a friend called Izzy, but one of my friends did get stuck behind a door!).

Just thinking and writing about these two things has made me feel so much better already, and that leads me on to my next point. Although I haven't been doing it for very long, I absolutely love writing my blog! It's a little space of happiness on the internet where it is just me being totally me. When I started to write this I didn't really want to, I thought that it might not go the way I wanted it to and I'd end up getting frustrated and annoyed and having a right old paddy. But I didn't. I just started to write and it made me feel better. I love the fact that I can just start typing, with no idea as to where I'm going and it will just come out and be (sort of) ok! It's a hobby and I love it!

And that leads me on to my next point (nice how things work out isn't it!) Hobby's and things that you do for fun and enjoyment play such a huge part in your mood. I do dancing in the evening once a week and before I'm always quite grumpy or tired, but afterwards I'm like a totally different person, happy and relaxed and ready to enjoy the rest of the evening. Exercise is amazing for making you feel like that, but if you're anything like me than that is normally a BIG no no! I personally love music and so listening to a few good 'uns and having your own little boogie in your room can really do you a world of good. Anything else you love to do, like I love to sew, can relax you and just make you happier and more positive.

Something else that will ALWAYS cheer me up is just chatting to my friends. They always know how to say the right things to make me feel better and it is true that friends are the family you choose for yourself.

And even if everything that I've suggested doesn't work and you still feel like you just want to curl up in bed then that's ok. Seriously, it's unnatural NOT to feel down occasionally, as long as it doesn't turn into something more than just the occasional blip.

So, now I'm cheered up and hope you are too, I can bid you adieu! (Got to end on a rhyme, carry on the joy until next time! I literally cannot stop!)