Eva Jio

I’m venting about proofreading. And writing. This is why:

My proofreading capability is as good as my bored brain...

And after several other revisions, this is how my poor brain feels (brilliantly captured by The Oatmeal):

Clean or dirty? Typos or no typos? I have no freaking idea.

Either way, I still need to do this proofreading stuff properly. Any tips?

This is tips #4 on ‘How to Feel Better’ series. The earlier tips was:

1. Treat your body like an animal (a.k.a. treat it well).
2. Expect the best out of people.
3. Talk to others and listen.

Now tips number 4 is easy. And the feel better effect is almost immediate

Tips #4: Watch funny or inspirational videos.

I usually do this before going to sleep.

Some of entertaining YouTube channels you might like:

• HigaTV
• Bubbiosity
• The Key of Awesome
• The Digg Reel

Inspirational videos:

• Randy Pausch Last Lecture: Achieving Your Childhood Dreams
• Zach Wahls Speaks About Family
• Just Keep Going You Got Nothing To Lose

This is the third tips for the ‘How to Feel Better’ series. First one was to treat your body kindly, and second one was to expect the best out of people. So, here’s the next

Tips #3: Talk to Someone and Listen.

Ask them to talk over coffee. Or tea for healthier choice.

photo credit: Steve Bowbrick

This doesn’t mean you need to talk about your issues. It can be as simple as saying hi and finding out how they’re doing. Heck, you don’t even have to talk to someone you know. I prefer talking to people I know because I can find topic that relate to them more easily. But really, it can be anyone including stranger or even psychologist. It’s different for everyone, so choose what’s comfortable for you.

Why Talk and Listen

• People gives you different perspective. They live a different life and they have different stories to tell. Listen and you will be surprised how interesting those stories can be.

• They are more objective and give good advice. They’re not in the emotional turmoil that you’re currently in. Most of the time anyway

• You’ll get to know interesting people.  Firstly, if you find a stranger who are willing to talk to you out of nowhere, he’s interesting. And people you know (even acquaintances) are interesting when you talk to them enough.

This is the second tip on how to feel better in the situation where you feel like stabbing your own eyes. The first is to treat your body well, like the animal it is. Here is the next tips.

Tips #2: Expect the best out of people.

Scary skeleton can smile kindly too.

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Yes, this includes that ‘annoying a$$hat’ at work. Even more so if that person is your colleague or friend.

They don’t deserve it you say? Probably. But you do. You deserve good thoughts about anyone you know. Thinking badly about the people you know makes you feel real bad because you want to like them.

It is not easy to expect the best out of people when you are angry… so here is how to do it:

Step 1: Remember that they are people like you.

That manager that lay off your friends? He probably has it hard too. Business decision and personal decision are two different things. That condescending customer service people? They are often asked for something that outside their power, and get yelled for it. Your head probably understand this but you are still feeling the anger. That’s OK. Logically understanding it is your first step, which leads you to the next.

Step 2: Talk to them.

It is easier think of people as people after you talk to them. It doesn’t have to be something related to the stuff that annoy you. It can be anything. But hopefully something that can bring some good light about them.

Bonus: One nice article to read – Your Neighbor Is An Alcoholic.

Everyone has at least one tough day at work. I just had mine in a row within the last 3 weeks. So on impulse, I decided make a ‘How to Feel Better’ series. And since the series is on impulse, I don’t know how many parts I will write. I hope you enjoyed the suspense (haha). Here we go.

Tips #1: Your body is an animal, treat it like one.

This does not mean you can to behave like an animal (dude!).

This means to treat it well:

• Eat natural food. You don’t have to be a rabbit that eats only carrot and celery. Start from eating something you like.
• Avoid noises. Noises stress you out subconsciously.
• Move. Animals go and catch their prey. Your pets love to run and jump around. Since not all human can do this freely now, go for a walk instead. Or yoga. Or burlesque. Cross fit. Anything. Just move regularly.
• Sleep well. There are a bunch papers one the benefit of sleep – Google it and thou will find at least one. To get you started, look here, here and here.
• Stretch. It looks like fun…

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