How I manage my moods

When I feel that my mood is going sideways, I try to focus on the slide and watch what happens before I take any corrective action. I'm not driving on ice and can afford to take my time in order to think of a strategy.

What works for me is to imagine other people that I admire and play into my mind's eye what they would most likely do under the same circumstances. What they would do would be cool, collected and would involve the very strict minimum required, but it would keep them on track and folks standing on the sidelines like me would say: Wow!