Have You ever Waken Up on the Wrong Side of the Bed?

How much power do you give to others?

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Does it ever happen to you? You wake up and, for no obvious reason, everything just feels… off. Maybe your coffee spills. Maybe someone cuts you off in traffic. Or maybe a stranger speaks to you with a bad attitude and just like that, your mood sinks. The day hasn’t even really started, but it already feels heavy.

We’ve all had those days.

And we’ve all told ourselves, “I must have gotten up on the wrong side of the bed.”

But what does that really mean?

Does your bed or that stranger’s mood really have the power to decide how you feel for the rest of your day?

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Here’s the truth we often forget:

Our mood is not handed to us by the world.

It’s shaped by how we respond to it.

We can’t control every situation, or every person we cross paths with. But we can choose what we let in and how we react to it. We can choose what story we tell ourselves about what’s happening. We can decide if we’re going to carry someone else’s bad day… or consciously create our own.

This shift changes everything.

The moment you take responsibility for your internal world your reactions, your mindset, your emotional state something powerful happens. You stop being the victim of your day, and start being the creator of it.

Instead of life happening to you, life begins happening for you.

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Take Back the Remote

Your mood is like a remote control and the question is: who's holding it? Is it in your hands, or are you handing it over to strangers, bad drivers, or a colleague's bad mood?

Here are a few simple ways to take back that control:

• Pause before reacting: When something triggers you, take one conscious breath. It gives you space to choose your response instead of reacting automatically.

• Reframe the moment: Ask yourself, “What else could this mean?” That person may be rude, but maybe they’re having a bad day. You don’t need to carry their burden, instead feel the compassion.

• Set your tone early: Start your day with intention. Even 2 minutes of silence, gratitude, or a positive sentence can shift your emotional baseline.

• Don’t personalize what isn’t personal: Most of what people do or say has nothing to do with you don’t take ownership of what’s not yours.

You don’t always get to choose what happens. But you always get to choose how you meet it.

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Notice Your Patterns

Before you can shift something, you have to see it. Start by gently observing: When does my mood most often get hijacked? Is it in the morning rush? In traffic? Around certain people? Or when something doesn’t go as planned?

Take a moment to list a few moments or situations where this often happens to you. Don’t judge yourself just notice. The more you bring awareness to your patterns, the more power you gain to break them.

Being aware means, you can prepare. And when you're prepared, you're no longer caught off guard you’re in charge.

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Each word is an invitation to go further in, and further up to awaken.

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