A wise man named Murphy once said, "everything that can go wrong, will."
I helped prove his theory right the other day. When I have a bad day, I don’t just have a bad day. I have the kind of bad day that shatters the earth and your soul right along with it (perhaps a little dramatic).
It started on the tram. At around 7:50 A.M., A.K.A., the middle of rush hour, on my hour long commute to school, the tram jerked a little suddenly –or maybe I’m just clumsy—and I dropped my full coffee mug. Coffee streamed down the center aisle of the overcrowded tram, saturating the shoes of everyone it passed by; really, there was no recovering from it. So for the rest of the ride, there the strangers stood, with sticky feet, trying to not stare at me, the culprit of the uncomfortable situation. If it had just been that alone, it would’ve been possible to make it through the rest of the day unscathed, decaffeinated but fairly unscathed. But no, the rest of the day was accompanied by loosing my wallet. And falling, very publicly, in the middle of the street. And seven hours of class. By the time I stumbled home, bloody kneecap and all, I was beat. I felt like the day had literally taken it all out of me.
It was silly of me to expect that I would go abroad and have five months of perfect days. Bad days are inevitable. That doesn’t make it easier but you don’t just skirt through life like it’s the happiest thing ever. I say this all the time as a sassy come back when my friends complain about stupid things, but life is hard. A lot of times life is a lot harder than spilt coffee, lost wallets, and bloody knees. There are insurmountable difficulties that individuals face with a lot more tact than I could even think about managing. My way of managing consisted of a 10,000 year long shower, a very legal glass of wine (thanks, Australia), and some chocolate. I eventually felt better.
You recover from things like crappy circumstances. It’s important to acknowledge that worse things can happen, and the ever-present cliché: life goes on. It’s important, also, to acknowledge that sometimes things are just crappy and they’re like that and it sucks. It’s okay to admit that things suck. Just because someone else’s something sucks more than your something doesn’t mean that your something isn’t sucky. Let yourself feel that. Let yourself do something to combat it. Have your shower, your wine, or your chocolate. Or have all 3. Take a deep breath and know, all things are temporary. Even the hardest of things are temporary. Good days are coming, my friends. Listen to some Daniel Powter (or don't) if you need a reminder.
