No. 20
Off days exist. That's allowed.
Not every day has to be a good day. Ordinary days are the base layer.
When the day isn't going well, the urge is to blame yourself or hunt for a reason. But the truth is, not every day needs to be a great one.
Seasons have sunny days and cloudy ones. So do you. The dim days aren't broken versions of the bright ones. They're a necessary part of the rhythm. Without ordinary or slightly cloudy days, the bright ones wouldn't even register.
If today is an off day, let it be one. You don't have to push through, learn a lesson, or extract meaning from it. Get through it more or less in one piece, and that's enough. Tomorrow brings a different day.
Try this today
- Tell yourself: "It's just one of those days," and move on
- Postpone the hard tasks; do only the easy ones
- Tell yourself "good job today" before bed, even if it was meh