Today this is how I have been feeling. I slept thirteen hours last night through several over the counter medications. It was a rough night, yet a necessary step to get through it. I am not quite able to breath out of my nose, yet I am hopeful that another night of rest will move me closer to normal.
Sometimes the goal is not perfection or even a great performance; sometimes the goal is something closer to normal. You know it will never measure as your best, or even anywhere close to good. What you really want is something just shy of every day average. And every day average would be a step up from how you feel or performed today. None of us has a stellar performance or day every day. Sometimes the best we can do is simply show up and get things done, then go home. Being able to simply do your job and go home is all you can deliver on that day. And your hope is to be able to do your job and go home again tomorrow.
Show up. Do your work. Go Home. Collapse in bed and hope that tomorrow will be better. Slowly day by day, whatever is ailing you or dragging you down will get better over time. Life is not about how you handle the high points, its about how you handle the non-days, the nothing big days, the I hope I can get through it days. Giving yourself a break when everything is not going your way is just as important as cheering when you win big. We forget that the biggest part of life is showing up. And sometimes showing up is all you have the emotional energy to do.
So if you’re having one of those days like I am, give yourself a break. Take a deep breath, go to be early and rest. Let today be a victory simply because you showed up. Sometimes that is all you can do, all you need to do, and you need to let time do it’s job.
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