If today feels like:

Getting through today feels like wading. I can do it but every task costs more than it should.

Try this: Do one small thing for a stranger.

Buy fruit from the vendor you usually walk past. Leave a bag of food where it'll be found. Tip someone more than you should.

Why it works

Heavy lifts when you briefly stop being the main character in your own head — and giving something small, physically, does that faster than thinking your way out.