Trying to be optimistic even when you are having the worst day.

Does it ever occur to you that when you have decided today is going to be a good day, and you are all optimistic about the change you are going to make, and then it all comes crashing down because of one minor thing that is going to test you the whole day.

Recently, I just went through a similar situation. I woke up early and was about to start my day being productive. I was working and listening to a podcast. And then my favourite person in the whole decided to come and ruin all this vibe I set up for myself. P.S. Note the sarcasm. He was being pushy early in the morning. I thought to myself, you know what, let him, let him feel like he has the upper hand. I did what he said and suppressed my anger and stress. He was so petty for that. 

I was trying to start my day again, but out of the blue, I was stretching my hand and BAAM! I got this excruciating pain in my right neck. I could not even move my neck, let alone breathe. The second I breathed, the pain was resonating on the back of my head, and my mum was trying to diminish my pain, but I was having a full-on panic mode.

Eventually, she tried to calm me down, providing me with the best massage, and honestly, I was super grateful that I got to have this intense relief. The pain was less compared to when I first felt it, still, I did not want to ruin this day due to someone else being a pain in the *ss so I tried to be kind to myself. 

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Once my work was finished, I clocked out, took a good shower, had the best piping hot tea in the afternoon, and watched a good TV show to give me the best comfort. I filmed some videos, did my journaling, and continued proofreading my upcoming book. Yes, I could go about ruining my day by complaining about what happen which I did, I won't lie, for a good hour, I did, but then I went back to start my day fresh.

And that's the beauty of being optimistic, it is not about suppressing your emotions but feeling them all the way to the end and getting back to square one. I did cry about it, but the 24 hours we have can't go badly just because of someone else's action. We take accountability for our day and move on to a more positive perspective. 

Yes, it is not easy, but repetition, which I did, and good news, I even got to work from home for 2 more days just because of my stiff neck, which is a blessing in disguise, no early get ready, no hassle, just pure joy of being able to rest your body and give your best.

We are human, we have emotion, we can't be robot but we can root for ourselves just like we do for the people we love. We can hold our own hand, say we got this, let's start this again, and end this day positively. Sometimes it won't, but as much as we can change the narrative, let's do it. 

Being on that positive frequency will attract good things, just like me. I found this new idea which I can apply, it was out there, what if I was not positive,e would it come to me or I would have been still dwelling on the bad thing that happened to me. 

So yeah, I would encourage being optimistic, let's not live our 80 years if we are lucky enough, in small moments where we have the choice to change it, some days we won't be able, but the days we can, let's do it. 

On an additional note, the poem you see in the above image is the very first poem I made, and I've turned it into a beautiful wallpaper.

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