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6 Ways to Escape Life for a While
When life gets too hard, make a playlist.
I felt like hell the other day.
I was in a crappy mood, my negative thoughts were too loud, and my chest felt heavy with sadness.
There wasn’t a specific reason I felt this way — it was just one of those days.
Pretty much all damn day every day, I work. I love what I do, so most days, even if I feel like shit, I can get through all the bad and work my ass off.
But this day, trying was the last thing I wanted to do. What I wanted was to escape and forget all about my responsibilities.
Some people make bad decisions when life gets tough.
Young people, mainly because of peer pressure and the need to fit in will turn to drugs or alcohol to forget their baggage.
Neither of those is a healthy way of coping.
That’s why I put together a list of seven healthy ways you can escape life for a couple of hours — or an entire day — before you get back to reality to kick ass.
It’s okay to not deal with stuff now and then, just as long as you try again tomorrow. That’s the crucial thing here: that you come back and give life another go.
