On the bright side of a bad day

As I started to initially think about my blog and what I really wanted to accomplish through it, three words came to mind: positivity, happiness, and empowerment. Having been through everything that I have throughout my life, this is what I wanted to use my words and my experience to convey to my readers. As you can see from my first two blog posts, the topics are both positive topics, which is great! Ya girl is a strong believer that everyone can use a little more positivity to brighten their days :)

But then today happened. And today was not a good day for me. One thing I always want to make sure to show throughout my blog is my transparency. I consider myself a "straight shooter" as my grandma would call me, and I pride myself in being an open and honest person in any and all situations. So for me, honestly, today was not a good day.

It is OK to have a bad day

I tend to naturally be a very dramatic person. I have to be actively aware of my thoughts and my words at all times, as I tend to initially overreact and then calm down later. The dramatics do not help on days like today. When you wake up and think every little thing is the end of the world, just because a couple unfortunate situations occurred.

As I went on with my day, I realized about halfway through that I was turning every little situation into a 'life shattering' event. Once I took a second to step back I thought to myself, "Why am i doing this?" Just as I tend to be an extremely dramatic person, I also tend to be the 'make yourself miserable type.' I will sit and stew on something until I have overthought the entire situation into something that never really happened. Being aware of this, I knew I needed to change my thought process.

I reminded myself that everyone has a bad day, it is a part of life. If there were no bad days, how would we know what a good day was? I reminded myself that there are things in life that are out of my control and the only one way to deal with these things is through patience, trust, and a lot of faith in Jesus Christ. So if I truly practice what I preach, why am I not trusting in Him even on the bad days?

What i'm trying to get at is this: it is okay to have bad days. Accept them, learn from them, grow from them. It is not okay to throw in the towel, make your bad days worse, and make yourself miserable. Mentally strong people don't throw pity parties for anyone, including themselves. You pick yourself up and get yourself through it.

Tomorrow is a new day

Even though I switched up my mindset, I cannot change the fact that today was a bad day for myself. Although having the positive mindset, choosing happiness, and not allowing myself to overthink, did help me overcome it.

One of the most important thing to keep in mind when you're going through life is that every day is a new day. Every day is a new opportunity to find happiness in the little things. Every day is a new day to be thankful and soak up the riches that God has given to you. Don't allow yourself to carry over one day's baggage to the next. Everything will be ok. Everything will work itself out. Everything will end up exactly how it's supposed to be.

Sincerely,

KU