Sometimes, while drafting out how my day will go, it looked old successful on the draft, but at the end of the day, it tends to leave me so tired. I complete the task according to plan, hear some good or bad news as the case may be, attend to some messages, but it can be quite surprising how the evening of the day gets me feeling like I have been running after such day instead of living it.
Over time, I have decided to change what I call a good day. In the past, what I call a good day is always the measure of his much I could cross of what I have listed to do for that day. If I plan to complete a drawing, go on an errands for myself, answer few calls and messages, I called there day a wasted day if there is something I did not do. One late evening like that, I remember opening my laptop and I kept looking at drawing I was yet to complete, trying to work on it little by little just because I could not accept that I had a long day and I was exhausted. I was not really doing anything to improve the work. I was just refusing to stop.
But now, I still enjoys getting things done. A project going as planned, money entering my account as expected and doing things that elevate my mood in a positive way. I enjoy hearing good news, most especially when money is tight and plans depends on it. Real choices are affected by them. I have now seen what I considered a good day form another perspective which is that not all good day must contain several victories. Sometimes, it comes from that genuine conversation I have with someone that does not feel rushed, or doing something that I have anticipated for a while or getting myself what I wanted to get go a while or even eating a meal without rushing it.
And what I have also learnt is that my day can go badly without being totally bad. NEPA not bringing light to complete my task on time, a plan that did not go according to how I planned it, but still went well, something changing my mood for a while, some other disappointment too. But as soon as I enter my room in one piece, I always have the full strength to give it another try the next day and have a peaceful sleep without carrying unnecessary stress around in my mind, I find it hard to call the day a failure.
What a lot of people always take this for granted, the grace of being alive is a lot and not a small thing, though their is reality of life, and I will not use that to pretend that there is no hardship, or things are easy. Some days always weighs me down. Still, my personal take is that a good day is one in which life says, "hey young man, here we go again today," not just occupied proving that I deserve to br
And of course, what I want is more days like that, have a good output when possible, peaceful when not, and never so jam-packed with a lot of to do lists that I miss out on the fun and reality of life that is going on between them.
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