just be happy
Path of Thought's It Was Another Awesome Day - I Played Many Tiny Games suggests that asking how you can do things, instead of feeling defeated from the start, can make a positive happy state your default. Sam's me in the airport (delayed) (again) shares an example which optimizes that formula:
My flight got delayed and I have nothing but a Microsoft Word document and a dream so here’s a blog post.
I decided many years ago that when travel delays happen, that I’d just decide to be happy about it.
What else could you just be happy and productive about?