Today’s coping tip is to respond kindly to everyone you talk to today.

This is often easy for me. I did this last week while traveling.

I got coffee on the way to the airport. I greeted the cashier with a good morning and thanked him. I did the same at the airport when I grabbed breakfast, but also asked the young lady how her day was going.

On the airplane, I greeted the flight attendants while walking in and when they served drinks with a hi and thank you. Same when leaving. I also thanked someone that paused to let me walk ahead of them.

Asked the Uber driver how he was and I appreciated him picking me up.

Had dinner and pleasantly chatted with the bartender.

A happy day.

I started to add a daily coping tip to the SQL Server Central newsletter and to the Community Circle, which is helping me deal with the issues in the world. I’m adding my responses for each day here. All my coping tips are under this tag.