being upset for a few hours that day, i finally realized how i could get out of my slump. it was to simply change the way i looked at things. my boss was being a miserable person. maybe because someone else, having a bad day, took their frustration out on him. regardless, why would i want to give him the power to mess up my day? he has control over what i do at work (for the most part) but i’m certainly not going to give him control over my emotions or my personal life. thinking of this immediately helped me relax and i started to focus on all of 