A pleasant thing happening to you can certainly make your day, but an unpleasant occurrence doesn’t have to ruin your day.

Don’t fuel an undesirable circumstance by heaping unnecessary negativity upon it; rather, gain perspective by reminding yourself that you’ve overcome many similar situations before and turned them around in your favor.

Top it off by writing down something that brought you joy or pleasure that day. Keep it to one sentence. That shouldn’t be hard because no single day is 100 percent bad – unless you reckon it to be.