Prepare for Stressful Events

If you have a difficult / stressful day or event coming up, it’s a good idea to sit down the night before and write out in detail how you want to feel during this event and how you are going to rescue some of it for your purposes. Describe the mood you want to experience during the unpleasant event and then put it on like a suit of clothing.

Don’t allow the stressful experience to drag you around like an object. Decide in advance that you are a person who remains cool and collected (or a person who uses stressful events to gather energy and ideas for your creative project, etc). Maybe you’ll need to bring an object that will return you to the imagined persona.