#WorkItWednesday

Today's #WorkItWednesday focus is centered around happiness and contentment. Sometimes the *it* that needs to be worked is our response to things that don't work out.

Life consists of a series of unfolding events; some of these events are expected and some are unexpected....The secret for a successful and happy life resides in making the best out of everything-in finding the right balance between the little and the big things-and in knowing how to wisely respond to the good and the bad times. Read the full article here, it contains 5 short and simple ways to work it.

Our responses are our choice and can make the difference in an imperfect situation. We have the choice the make the worst work out for the best it can be, here are 7 reasons to keep our attitudes upbeat when things aren't perfect.

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Call it a Day

The literal use of this phrase hails from 1838 when the phrase originally was "call it half a day" to mean leaving work early. (source) The modern use of the phrase is to indicate ending something due to false sense of accomplishment.

More bang for your buck

This phrase was used a lot in 1953 but an earlier citation puts it at 1940 in a Metals and Plastics Publications advertisement. Read about it here . The phrase means you get more for your money.

Butter someone up

There are two probable origins for this idiom and I think both are equally plausible. The first one is that when you spread butter on bread you are buttering it up like one would do when trying to flatter someone. The second is in ancient India there was a practice of throwing balls of butter at statues to ask for favor, i.e. buttering them up. ( source ) When we use the phrase today we generally mean that extreme flattery is used to gain information or favor. It's not always necessarily a compliment.

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