How to: Make the best out of a hard day!

 

One of the craziest things about life is that one day everything can go so smooth and the next day it feels like everything is falling apart right in front of you. We try avoid sadness, pain, frustration, hurt and anger but the hard truth is there is no way around it. It’s bound to happen. In fact if those things don’t happen then we would never know real joy or happiness.

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We MUST go through the pain to come out the other side a better person. Does that mean going straight through the pain is ever easy?? NOPE! But it’s a part of the process. The longer we avoid the pain the longer it follows us.

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I used to spend days, weeks, months even years living in the pain. I thought that was my way of living. Until one day I asked myself one simple thing. “Do I really have to live in the pain forever?” I chose to change my answer that day. I chose to go head on in the pain so I could be stronger. I chose to make the pain worth it. I chose to fight with everything I had to try and get out on the other side.

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You can too! Wanna know my secret to happiness this far???

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Making the choice to just be happy. To just control what I can and let go of the rest.

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Today was supposed to be such a good day! I was looking forward to my workout all day yesterday! I woke up so STOKED to read #daretolead by @brenebrown (it just came out today!!! ???) I listened to the book getting all amped up! Got to the gym and all of a sudden fear, self doubt and comparison set in. I was feeling so self conscious I literally couldn’t even lift the weight that I do every time at the gym! Not being able to lift was making those emotions even worse! I was ready to give up 10 minute into my work out! But I forced myself to go longer. I didn’t WANT to give up. I was feeling so dumb because this didn’t make sense! Why was this happening today was supposed to be awesome!

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That’s how easy it is to fall back into old patterns! That’s how easy it is to have a bad 15 minutes… and then milk it into a bad day… maybe even a bad life.

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Set backs come in all different shapes and sizes. They don’t have to be life changing to change the angle of our day. This problem really isn’t that big of a deal! That’s the craziest part! The smallest things can make the biggest impact.

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Creating healither thoughts will create a happier healthy life. Talk to your self like you would talk to your 5 year old son, daughter, niece or nephew. You deserve love from yourself. You deserve to give yourself a little wiggle room!

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So for tomorrow… I choose to have a good day! Because bad days don’t need to be bad days! They should only be a little set back for a few minutes. Not this time guys! Not on my watch! I WILL have a better day tomorrow! I will think more positive because that is typically what ruins our days is what goes on in our head.