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The School of Life YouTube Video, Why we should refuse to get into arguments, explains that arguments often has more to do with the other person’s mental and emotional well-being and possibly nothing to do with you. We all know people who are always argumentative and always have to be right. In my experience, no one wins an argument. They point out in the video that you have way more important things to spend your time and energy on. Ditch the Label has some great tips on how to avoid arguments.
 You might have heard the saying, when life gives you lemons, make lemonade - it means that when life throws challenges at you, try to make the most of it. I've had the opportunity to put this into practice a lot recently. I was enjoying a great holiday with my daughter when I tripped over and gave myself a concussion. I had some cuts and grazes, some nice yellow bruises, quite a headache and a lot of nausea. I ended up in ED with a migraine and vomiting. It took me about ten days to be well enough to go out. Then three days later, on Christmas morning, I woke up with Covid.
I have to admit, I didn't deal with it like a champion all the time - there were some tears. But I figured I would have to make the most of it. I made lemonade out of the lemons life had given me. I listened to an audio book (I wasn't allowed to watch TV or read after the concussion), I enjoyed long baths, I did facials at home, I listened to music... Instead of the big family Christmas we normally enjoy, we had a quiet Christmas with the four of us - playing board games, building Lego, opening gifts and watching Christmas movies. You don't have to wait until life is good to have some fun, you can do things that make you happy, even when things are tough.  I pack my bag and lunch and get my clothes ready before I go to bed. It doesn't take long and makes the mornings less stressful and rushed.
 I enjoy watching the tennis. This weekend the Australian Open finals delivered some brilliant matches and valuable life lessons. Australian, Ash Barty, won the women's singles final after being 5-1 behind in the second set. She came back to win that set.
Spanish player, Rafael Nadal, lost the first two sets then won the next three to win the men's singles final. He had just returned from an ankle injury that he thought would end his career, he had Covid19 in December, and he was 10 years older than his opponent. Even if you don't like tennis, you could learn a lot from these two. They both showed incredible grit by never giving up, even when the odds were stacked against them.  I have this gorgeous but kooky rescue dog called Kevin. He does this weird thing where he looks at your reflection instead of at you. In the picture, he is looking at me in the bumper of the car. I'm sitting right next to him, but he's not looking at me - he's looking at my reflection. He does it in mirrors, windows and any reflective surface. I think we're a bit like Kevin sometimes too - we look at life through our screens and that's not real life, that's just a reflection of it. So let's get off our devices and actually talk to each other, get outside and do stuff, instead of watching other people live their lives on social media.
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