Some days it may feel like literally every area of our life is faltering. There is too much work, we are fighting with our partners, we can’t lose those last 5 pounds, and the current geopolitical situation is…bad. And through this many folks might encourage is to simply shift our focus to more pleasant things, but what if it is OK to not be happy and optimistic sometimes?
Recently the content curators at Mellowed published an article entitled “It’s Ok Not To Be Happy… Sometimes” that examines why uncomfortable emotions like sadness and anxiety can sometimes hit is out of the blue and stick around longer than we would like, and also what we can do about it. In addition to their recommendations, today might be a good day to review our archived piece “Mindfulness for Difficult Emotions.”