“Look at a day when you are supremely satisfied at the end. It’s not a day when you lounge around doing nothing; it’s a day you’ve had everything to do and you’ve done it.”
― Margaret Thatcher

When you’re feeling down, a great way to cheer yourself up is doing something that makes you feel productive.   I know that it’s a hard thing to do. When you are in a bad mood or pissed off, all you want to do is sit and sulk…but that’s the worst thing to do!  Sitting at home feeling mopey isn’t going to help you – so get up off your butt and do something that makes you feel good about yourself!

When I lost my job, I felt defeated (and bored).  Even though I was spending hours looking for jobs and networking, I never felt satisfied at the end of the day.  I didn’t feel like I had achieved anything as there were no immediate results, I didn’t learn anything new or do anything that made me feel like a better person.  I realized that it was important to find something that made me excited to get up in the morning and feel better about myself (without interfering with the job hunt, of course).

So…….I decided to learn how to cook.

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