Y’know how it is. You’re minding your own business, just going about your day, and then somehow, suddenly, someone decides to heap a pile of negativity on you!

It might be that they needed to discuss something with you, or they used you as a sounding board, or they were just complaining about something.Whether it was intentional or not is beside the point. After they’re done, you just feel like someone let the air out of your previously lighthearted and positive disposition.

And then you feel like you’re covered in someone’s shit.

Weighed

down

in

it.

YUCK.

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When I didn’t know any better, I would just take everything in, and then wonder why I’d feel terrible later on. I’ve since realised the importance of  protecting myself and finding a way to deflect such negativity, instead of absorbing it. Otherwise my day is disrupted, and the person who suffers is me.

Here are three fuss-free ways that work for me when I need to get rid of negativity in order to have more constructive and meaningful days:

1. Body Boost: Exercise

Although it might seem like a lot of effort when I’m in the middle of work, I’ve really found exercise to be worth the trouble. It doesn’t even have to be a full-on work out. It can just be walking very quickly around a shopping mall, or doing jumping jacks for five minutes.

To quote Elle Woods in Legally Blonde:

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“Exercise gives you endorphins. Endorphins make you happy. Happy people just don’t kill their husbands. They just don’t.”

Or kill anyone else, for that matter.

2. Beats: Listen To Music You Like (& Dance It Out!)

Currently, I love The Koi Boys. I can’t enjoy music and be negative at the same time. Music has always been a soothing balm for me. Just five or ten  minutes with my headphones and I’m good as new.

3. Breathe: Good Stuff In, Bad Stuff Out

Smell affects me very much. What I like to do is get a cup of coffee, or some deliciously aromatic tea (depending on what’s available), and sit somewhere calming with it for 4 or 5 minutes.

An alternative is breathing in lavender oil or any other oils that I like and/or have with me.

The simple act of breathing in the good smells and breathing out is a real quick pick-me-up.

_{This post was first published on The Supermamapreneur and has been reposted on Executive Lifestyle with the permission of the author.} 

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^{Edited by Michelle Sarthou}

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