I have my own rituals when things are not heading my way...i go for a hair cut and I clean my aquarium. Used to have fishes but now no more. Seems to give me a clearer mind thereafter to face the world.
I used to keep this fish called a flowerhorn. It has a bubbly bulge on the head and its quite an aggressive fish but not to its owner. I would put my hand in after an aquarium wash and rub its head like how one would rub a cat's chin. I would do that after I am done washing the aquarium. Seems to work well for me.
This is how a flowerhorn fish looks like.