Where Most People Go Wrong On Their Worst Days

Today has not been my best day.

Lots of things did not go according to plan.

Time has slipped away faster than I would like.

It is quite possible...

That it will be a long night for me.

We all have days like this that happen...

And no one likes them.

Such is life.

But here's the thing...

What will you do on your worst days?

I know what most people do...

I used to do it myself...

And it is completely understandable.

What is it?

Nothing.

The vast majority of people will come face to face with their worst days...

And chalk it up to a defeat.

Put off things until tomorrow when we are in a better place ourselves...

And figure it out then.

But this is the wrong approach.

What happens when we do nothing?

A number of things.

First, we lose momentum on the goals that we set out.

The thing about momentum...

Is that it is really difficult to get it going...

But much easier to keep going.

When we do nothing...

We lose a bit of momentum...

Meaning that we need to "get it back".

For most people, however, they lose some momentum...

Then struggle to try to gain it back...

But lose a bit more momentum...

And more...

And more...

Until it feels too difficult to maintain.

There is another problem, though...

Within biological systems...

Which we are as humans...

There is no such thing as stagnation.

Most people believe that when they take a day off...

That they will just "pick back up" from the same spot tomorrow...

But they do not.

In biological systems, there are only two things...

Growth...

Or decay.

If you are not growing...

Then you are decaying...

And doing nothing, whether we recognize it or not, is a form of decay.

Our energy (Mg-ATP) pathways that help us do what we want to do will decay...

Meaning that it will require "more" energy to go down that pathway the next time we want to...

And we see the momentum problem show itself again.

There is also the psychological problem that occurs.

As humans...

We hate to lose.

And when we have our worst days...

Then decide to give in...

That means we lost.

Now, we can overcome a few losses...

But the more often we lose...

The less likely we are to pursue that pathway.

Our psychology pushes us to succeed...

And avoid losing.

This can be a giant problem when we logically "know" that we need to do something for our...

Success...

Health...

Or Potential...

But our psychology blocks us because of the number of times we have lost in the past.

So, at this point we can see that the "do nothing" approach to our worst days is extremely problematic.

But I know what you're thinking...

Does this mean I need to just put everything into what I want to accomplish...

Even though this day has just been so terrible?

Not exactly.

Most people approach this problem as a "False Dichotomy".

This means that they look at two extremes...

And believe that those are the "only" options...

When they are not.

If you think that you always need to go "all out"...

Or if you don't, then it is just "not worth it"...

You're falling into a false dichotomy.

Instead...

On our worst days...

We need to just do "enough" to get a small victory.

It doesn't need to be anything major...

But it does need to get us to a certain point.

It needs to be enough to "maintain" momentum, even if it is not enough to "build" momentum...

It needs to be enough to keep our energy pathways in use and in growth, so that they are not decaying...

It needs to be enough to be a "success", so that we reduce or eliminate our losses.

What we need...

Are minimums.

For instance...

I have a minimum of writing 250 words per article...

Which I can do on my absolute worst days...

And I have been maintaining that for 1137 days...

Including this article, which will be over 700 words.

When we have a minimum...

That we consider a success...

Even if only a small success...

It is enough to keep us going...

And builds us up to continue to have future successes.

I know how bad the worst days feel...

Today has been bad for me...

But you are capable of so much more than you realize...

And small, consistent efforts are the ones that usually change the world.

Your little success today...

Has the power to do so much more than you understand.

Go get your small victory!

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