How To Have a Better Day Without Trying
There are three things I forced myself to do and since then have been mellower and maybe a bit happier. They're small changes and additions that I edited into my everyday life, because it was getting tiresome to wake up “busy” as if on overload every morning. Not promising that these will be life changers for you, but didn't you click on the link in hopes to try to something new?
R.I.P. RINGER
SET YOUR ALARM TO YOUR FAVORITE SONG. CURRENTLY, I HAVE MINE TO SIOUXSIE AND THE BANSHEES 'HONG KONG GARDEN', BECAUSE I LIKE TO PRETEND I'M THE STAR OF MY OWN SOFIA COPPOLA FILM. IT REALLY WAKES ME UP ON A LIGHTER NOTE. HOW CAN YOU BE GRUMPY TO YOUR FAVORITE SONG?
“86” NOTIFICATIONS
WHY MUST YOU BE NOTIFIED OF EVERY LIKE, TWEET, COMMENT OR FOLLOW? RELAX, IT WILL STILL BE THERE LATER. THE DAY I DECIDED TO TURN OFF ALL SOCIAL MEDIA NOTIFICATIONS, MY PRODUCTIVITY SHOT TO 60%, I MANAGED TO ENJOY A BREAKFAST SANDWICH WITHOUT INTERRUPTIONS AND I REALLY FELT IN CONTROL OF THINGS.
SCHEDULE IT ON YOUR CALENDAR
FIND AN INSPIRING OR MOTIVATIONAL QUOTE THAT ALWAYS GETS YOU .. AND SCHEDULE THAT INTO YOUR iCAL OR WHATEVER MODERN DAY CALENDAR YOU USE. WHEN MY DAY IS GOING DOWNHILL AND I HEAR THAT DING DING AND I LOOK TO READ THIS QUOTE I LOVE, I GRIN TO MYSELF AND SAY 'CUT IT OUT YOU'RE GOING TO BE OK.'
💡 NO THERAPISTS HAVE BEEN CONSULTED OR SELF-HELP BOOKS HAVE BEEN COPIED, THIS IS ALL PERSONAL REAL-LIFE TIPS ON HOW TO GET BY.
*Images are from Eric Rohmer's 1967 French film La Collectionneuse.
*Originally published April 5, 2018. Updated May 27, 2024
MARC JACOBS
