You know how it goes.

You’re on a role. Three or four days of happy fulfilling progress…Then you wake up, feel a little foggy, just the slightest feeling of a headache…

A bad day!

Where did it come from? This doesn’t make sense! You didn’t do anything to cause this shift in your physical condition. Yesterday was a great day.

Then as you try to apply yourself to the day’s work… You feel like you’re in molasses. In slow motion… You start making little mistakes. You can’t concentrate. You start feeling guilty!

No machine, much less the human mind and body can run day after day without finally having a letdown. This is a normal thing. If you’re having one of the days I’m describing (or the next time you have one) do the following:

Stop all work related activities. Take a thirty minute walk or drive in a direction you seldom travel. You need to disconnect from the environment so your mind and body can let go of the stress.

Yes, stress!

Believe it or not, being happy and fulfilled can exert a certain amount of unexpected stress on you. The increase in your activities and energy, which accompany feeling good and being productive, can sap you over time. The net result is you can wake up one day feeling wiped out. I think this is the result of maxing out your endorphins! (just my opinion)

You could say that you’re “crashing” from the too much of a good thing.

The good news is that this is a very temporary thing, so don’t let it get you down… and don’t let yourself feel guilty or suddenly think that your life has taken a nose dive. It hasn’t

In a day or two you’re going to be back in the saddle. In fact you probably won’t even remember you had an off day. You’ll be too busy being happy and productive again.

-Bob Baran