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The power of bad days

Bad days. You’re gonna have those. No, I’m not talking about Wednesdays. I already blogged about those. in three languages. Arabic, English and it got translated to German too. So check them out.

The inevitable

You are going to have bad days. There is no tip-toeing around the fact or beating around the bush for that matter. Life consists of a collection of good days and not so good days.

Days are when you feel like everything is going against your way. That you’re just making mistakes and Screwing things up.

Bad days will make you doubt yourself. And want to crawl in your bed and never leave again. But guess what: Everyone has those moments.

Everyone doubts themselves and feels insecure on the inside. So you shouldn’t be too hard on yourself for having a bad day. Try to look on the positive side. No matter where or how small is the positive.

Why do we need bad days?

Bad days contrast good days. If we didn’t have bad days, we wouldn’t appreciate the good days.

It is in bad days we pray harder, wish for the good days and reminisce about the good days we have before to keep us going.

And in a way, that’s good.

Learn to harness the power of bad days

As a part of the great picture that makes your life. Greater. You can’t crop out or filter the bad days out. But the progress that you made will continue regardless of how you felt about that day.

It’s only when you look down a look back and see the progress you made is when you appreciate the power of muddling through the good and the bad days. That’s why you need bad days.

And in a way this is a post to look for the positive in the bad days. I’m not saying that I’m having bad days but I’m also saying that they’re not the best. What’s the best day?

In hindsight

I always wondered: Why do past times seem beautiful? How come the good old times have a tendency to look far better once they are said and done? Despite the fact that we were – pretty much like now – full of over thinking and struggling through them?

Is it because they are finished? That everything has been said and done? The fat lady sang? They can’t hurt us any more? All of these are plausible answers for the aforementioned question.

Why am I afraid of living the moment?

This is a defensive mechanism that I developed early on in life. Having expectations is a gamble.
On the flip side there is the benefits of whatever you are expecting happening. However piling disappointments will take its toll no matter how thick your skin is.

Fear of jinxing things

I am secretly afraid that by mentioning a good thing going that I’d ruin it for myself. Despite the fact how little control that I have as a human over anything. The first example that comes to mind was fearing to think my team was going to win the “Seria A”, even when they were the prime candidate to win. They did win eventually but that’s only highlighting this school of thought.
I firmly believe that it’s best to keep quiet about the good things.

The art of Mindfulness

Having a sense of appreciation for the current times is an antidote for savoring the aftertaste of life rather than actually living it.
Appreciating what life has to offer and being thankful for the good things is a mindset I wish to grow and cultivate in myself.

What about you dear reader? Are you a more optimistic person? Or you are stuck in a state of savoring the past? Comment below and let me know what you think.

JumpCraft is now Open Source! (Download)

Yes you read correct! JumpCraft is officially open sourced by it’s creator Andrew First. You can find the project on GitHub from this link.

Jumpcraft is an easy to use game making utility. I wrote a full review about it that you can find here. 

This will be my next weekend project to tinker with. I’ll report back my findings in a separate post.

Until then, game on!

How do you like this news? Would you be interested in using / developing JumpCraft?

To download the latest version executable, click here.

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