▸ Accept that we all feel low at times (but recognize that's different from clinical depression.)
▸ Don't beat yourself up about feeling miserable.
Remind yourself it's normal to feel this way sometimes. (That is, we all feel bored, discouraged or failure at times.)
▸ Be real and acknowledge that today is a bad day so it's going to be harder to keep your motivation.
▸ Think about one thing you can try or do to interrupt your thinking and take your mind off things.
▸ Get up. Get up from the sofa, or switch off your computer, and make the small commitment to take some form of action.
For example, just going for a walk can start to lift and change your mood.
▸ Smile at yourself, and other people you encounter. You'll start to feel more human, and things won't seem so bad.
▸ Don't keep looking back, or going over what went wrong. That won't help your feelings or help to move you on.
▸ Think of things that make you happy, or people you enjoy, or all the many things that you are grateful for.