How to Put Yourself into a Good Mood

Happy New Year, everyone!!! Hope your Holiday season was amazing! Mine certainly was for sure. 

I've been asked a lot why I seem like I'm never in a bad mood. The answer to that is easy. It's basically because I don't let myself get into a bad mood. I just don't want to waste any amount of time being in a bad mood instead of a good one. However, when I was much younger it was hard for me to do that.  

Over the years after surviving some powerful life altering experiences, I realize how important life is and thus, I don't take any second for granted. I brush off whatever I possibly can when it happens and try to not let things affect me in a negative way.

Being human, there are times that I do feel temporarily upset,  frustrated or even angry about something, but I make a point of processing negative emotions as quickly as I can, neutralizing them and then releasing them. While I am going through this process, I try to maintain a pleasant demeanor. This actually helps me to not get into a bad mood. It's a way of me taking control over my emotions and not let them control me. 

So you will have days when nothing seems to be going right, or you're lacking sleep and feeling washed out. Somebody might even say something nasty to you or cut you off on the highway. You may drop your drink on your shirt or trip and fall. Luckily though, you do have the power to keep the good mood you were in or put yourself back into a good mood.

Just give the following tricks a try. With practice and good effort you'll experience many less bad moods:

1- Don't Allow the Usual Triggers to Affect your Mood

Possible triggers can be: stress, lack of sleep, financial issues, bad weather and unexpected mishaps. Try to not let these things have the power over you to affect your mood. Remember that you'll maximize your happiness if you can fully appreciate whatever you can. A bad mood can waste a perfectly good day and can also get you into arguments with others. Arguments can create lasting damage to a relationship.

2- Fake it if you Need To

You just may wake up one day feeling grouchy. Instead of letting the grouchiness control you, take control of the grouchiness instead. Pretend that you are in a fantastic mood. Believe it or not, when you pretend (aka "fake it"), you actually come to believe it. Believing it makes it happen. Try it, it really works!

3- Become Aware of When your Emotions are Getting Out of Control

Becoming aware of your emotions and the point at which you feel they are getting out of control helps you to stop them in their tracks. You can use mind control over your own mind and stop negative emotions, such as anger, hate, disgust and agitation from putting you into a bad mood. You'll then allow positive emotions like happiness, joy and love to dominate.

Believe me, it's not always easy to not allow a bad mood to happen- especially with all of the extenuating factors we need to deal with in life. However, the more times you overcome something challenging and even downright devastating, the stronger and more resilient you become. It is a strong person who possesses the capability to be the happiest.