[LOH-209] My Three Best Mood Boosters During the Bad Days: Facing Life with a Laugh

"It's a bad day, but that doesn't mean I'll just let it ruin my whole day. I will laugh, I will make myself feel better, and my life will continue, I will move on."

This is how I am when I'm having a bad day. I choose not to dwell on it, I always choose to make myself happy and the bad day? I let it disappear, just like money in my pocket.

When I read one of the topics in the Ladies of Hive community, I couldn't help but to sing this certain line from the song Bad Life, a song by Bring Me the Horizon and Sigrid. The line is: "It's just a bad day, not a bad life."

I haven't discovered this song, but I already know how to make myself feel better despite having a bad day. But when I discovered it, it became my favorite chant or mantra.

But going back to the question: What makes me smile when I'm having a bad day.

My number one mood booster, that would be watching anime or kdramas and reading manhwa, specifically BL with lot's of sm_t - ehermmm, lol. While reading and watching them, I'll just find myself sometimes smiling and then later will laugh out loud as if I am not having a bad time just a minute ago. And being able to laugh despite all the problems just feels so good. I feel like heavy baggage was lifted out of my chest.

I feel so refreshed. And this is always been effective. I just had a bad moment last week when I started to overthink about my nose. With the post-nasal drip, which according to my doctor will be forever there, I can't help but be stressed. It's depressing when I started to think about it. But anime, kdrama, and manhwa - they all can help me. And I'm glad that they exist.

The second mood booster is our Cats of course. Watching and playing with them can surely help improve my mood. Them running around in the garage is just too cute for me to ignore it. And when King will suddenly start to ask for food by whispering meow while also tapping my legs or my face, I will suddenly feel comforted. I know it only means asking for food, but it has a different meaning for me. I feel like he is using it to really just comfort me.

And lastly, another one that boosts my mood is our backyard, it's not the prettiest but I love what I see and feel there. This is the reason why I always stay in the garage. I can see it even just standing there when I wanted to breathe and needed a different environment. You see, because the backyard has trees and different plants on it, we can enjoy the breeze and feel the coldness. I can choose to go into the park or go hiking in some mountains, but, I don't know, our yard is already enough for me.

And seeing Mama's chicken in the yard is really fun too. Especially when the baby chicks are following their momma hen. And the dogs, they love to run around and they are really the naughtiest, just the other night Uno fell into the small stream beside our house. And when I see him, I can't help but to laugh coz he is covered in dirt. Mama can just laugh too, she had to clean him and Uno has no choice. If he want to sleep with Mama, he has to be clean. Lol. Just see how our pet can be pur happy pill (≧▽≦).

Indeed, it is just a bad day, not a bad life. I'm still lucky I have what I have right now, and I'm grateful for that. I have a home, I can eat three times a day, and I have a comfortable bed that I can sleep on.

But of course, feeling down at times is inevitable. And what can we do, right? Either we move on or we get stuck feeling all down and sad (･ั﹏･ั).

I know it's hard, it will never be easy for most of us. But... Fighting ᕙ(⇀‸↼‶)ᕗ. Not everyone can be brave and strong, still, fighting guys ＼(^o^)／!