HiveComb

One rough day does not define me should be a standing motto for me to adopt. Unfortunately, the rough days seem to outnumber the better days these days. Yet, on a really rough day like I had this past day, it is really easy to let things simply fall apart from a lack of effective control efforts aimed at forging ahead. Case in point.

When I had really rough days last year I fell into something like a misery loop. The activities and routines that made me a better person (like running, writing and learning) would suddenly be put on hold in favour of things like distractions from social media, excessive sleeping and procrastination. Once it begins it can continue for days to even months, extending the effects of one bad day exponentially.

Of course forging ahead like nothing happened after a rough day isn't easy, nor is it even ideal in some cases. There are instances where the problem has to be tackled head on until a solution is found. In these instances the reactions are aimed at the problem, and energy and effort goes into solving it. On the other hand, for instances where the solution is out of our hands, we are rather bounded by a sense of self love to continue to forge ahead irrespective of how we feel in the moment.

One rough day does not define me or anyone, but allowing it to spiral into a prolonged life of misery I believe is a choice that some of us (myself included) accidentally choose. Moving on quickly is the only way to go about it, before the problem becomes too big to handle.