If you happen to find yourself having a Bad Day, I present to you the following hints:

1. Breathe.

   Rarely is a problem improved by withholding oxygen from the body (unless your problem would be improved by such a thing).

2. Don’t worry.

   Contrary to popular thought, worrying is not a valid problem solving method. If you’re looking for an analogy, worrying is like peddling backwards on a bicycle when trying to go uphill. It feels like hard work, but you don’t go anywhere and then you fall on your arse and quite possibly roll down the hill.

3. Don’t give up.

   “No problem is so big and complicated that it can’t be run away from!”

   Linus said that in Charles M. Schultz’s comic strip Peanuts. And if you were thinking about laughing at any of this, something Lucy said in it was this:

   “Try not to have a good time…this is supposed to be educational.”

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