One day at a time

Day 179 / 366

I’m sure I must have written a blog with this title sometime back as well. It is one of my favorite mantras and it applies quite well in my current situation, so with 17 minutes left for the day, this is what I am going to write about.

Yesterday was way too stressful for me, and things kept going from bad to worse. All I wanted was for the day to end so that I could have a fresh start today, and hopefully have a better one. But life is unfair, and today wasn’t too great either. And when things like this happen, it’s too easy to fall into a mental trap of thinking that things will just continue to be worse. That these 2 days will turn into a week, a month, maybe even a year of hell.

I might be able to prepare myself for a shitty day, but if I start thinking that I am in for a shitty month, I will never be able to get off my bed in the morning. Reminding ourselves to take things one day at a time is important.

Nothing is permanent. Whether it's good times or bad, it will always pass. Just because you had a shitty few days, doesn’t mean the next day will be the same. It’s a blank canvas. The external factors may or may not change, but you always have the option to learn from your mistakes and plan to do things better.

And so I am reminding myself that even after all this, I can wake up on time tomorrow and have an awesome Friday and an even more awesome weekend following that.