When You Feel Like Shit All Day

One Wednesday last month I woke up at 3 AM and couldn’t get back to sleep until 5AM.

My thoughts were racing. I was nervous about dating. I was very upset about something someone close to me did.

I was doing a business training that had me excited and tired. Something I was looking forward to didn’t work out as I had anticipated. And I heard someone say this other thing that I didn’t agree with that was still bothering me.

When I finally dragged myself out of the bed that AM, my emotions were heavy and I was irritated. And I felt like this for much of the day.

I often operate on level 8 to 10 energy. Not every day, but a lot. And that day was not one of those days. I was on level 4.

So let’s say you have to show up to work and your emotions and thoughts are all kinds of topsy-turvy  And let’s say canceling your day is not an option.

On days like this I ask myself a few questions:

• How can I simplify my life today?
• How can I modify my responsibilities and commitments to match what I can actually give? To match my energy, my mental and emotional bandwidth.

I re-prioritized what was most important for me that day, which meant I let some things go. I didn’t do everything on my schedule. Other activities I modified.

And I let it be OK.
And I worked on letting it be OK throughout the day.

Let’s say you normally do an hour kickboxing workout after work on Wednesdays, but today is a level 4 day and your body is like, “Unh-unh!” 

You also don’t want to skip the exercise altogether.

Modify that shit!

Listen to your body! What does it need?

“Switch out kickboxing for pilates”, she tells you.

“And do 30 min instead of 60.” Listen to her. She begs you to.

If you’re used to level 8-10, slow your roll today. You do enough. Let it be OK.

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