¶ Struggling with a bad day and reacting poorly
Cold-plunge thoughts. You ever have those days where it seems like everything's just going wrong? That's what it was last night for me. And then I reacted poorly to that. Got frustrated, complained, whined. Why is this happening to me?
¶ Embracing imperfection and learning from mistakes
Ridiculous. We're not perfect. I'm not. You're not. not even when we're trying hard we're gonna make mistakes it's just part of life even when we're doing things great not everything's gonna go our way that's okay too so it's not about us being perfect it's not about us acting perfectly all the time but it's about how quickly do we get back back to acting the way we want to act, to being the person that we want to be.
So yesterday for me, while I was frustrated, annoyed, and whiny, and complaining like a little baby, by the time I went to bed, I wasn't feeling that way anymore. I wasn't acting that way anymore, more importantly.
¶ Progress in managing emotions and striving for improvement
So you're not going to be perfect. That's okay. Okay, but how quickly are you going to get back to a place where you can say, this is the kind of person I want to be? That's what matters. A few months ago, I'd be acting like a baby for a few days. Now, it was a couple hours. That's improvement. But I still think I can do better. And here's a cool thing. I actually want to.