Have you ever experienced those days when it feels like the world is against you, and everything, from the smallest details to the biggest challenges, seems to be going wrong? It can be incredibly demotivating when nothing seems to be going your way.
Drowning in a Sea of Sadness
Why is this happening to me? Who knows! 😖 And please don’t tell me that this is happening for me instead of to me; that is a bunch of BS created by self-help gurus to reframe the situation. No amount of self-help is helping me right now, which is worth mentioning because I listen to a lot of self-help guru advice. But I digress.
I could have also been been influenced by the news, something I read online, or a combination of various factors that are completely out of my control, all of which are highly likely. Either way, I’m struggling with depression and anxiety this week.
A Stressful Weekend
It all began last Friday when I went to work. The following days, Friday through Sunday, were incredibly busy, leaving me with no time to eat during the few breaks I had. By Sunday, my nerves were on edge and I desperately needed a steeped tea. However, my husband informed me that the line was too long, and I would have to go without it.
Over the weekend, my plastic Nalgene water bottle completely shattered into pieces. Can you believe it? I’m just as puzzled as you are. How does a plastic water bottle smash like that? RIP Nalgene water bottle ☠️
A Stressful Monday
Due to a stressful weekend, I ended up with a migraine on Monday. As a result, I wasn’t able to do piano practice with Rebecca, and I also forgot my swipe card by the time I arrived to the YMCA. Despite having my gym bag with me, I couldn’t sign in. Eventually, the kind lady at the front desk allowed me to enter, but it was a waste of valuable time and I felt rushed. Moreover, I didn’t get to enjoy a cup of steeped tea that day either.
When I feel stressed out, I like to create digital vector designs which I then turn into stickers and other merch for #Redbubble. On Monday night, I uploaded a seemingly innocent design, only to have it temporarily suspended, which kept me up all night. Karalee, who runs a blog called Tales of Belle, pointed out that there were similarities between my design and LOL Surprise Cats, specifically the one called Royal Kitty. This connection might be the reason why my design was flagged for review.
A Stressful Tuesday
On Tuesday morning, Redbubble unsuspended my Kawaii Royal Kitty, but the whole ordeal was still nerve-wracking, to say the least. Unfortunately, due to my chronic insomnia, I ended up sleeping in late again. However, yesterday I made it my mission to treat myself to a steeped tea and take Aaron out for a stroll. But to add to my frustration, the zipper on my jacket got jammed, and I ended up looking like a fool wearing this jacket with an uneven, stuck zipper. You know what I’m talking about, right?
This Week Continues to be Crap-tastic 🧻💩🦄
The rest of the week hasn’t gotten much better. On Wednesday evening, something unfortunate happened – I consumed an almost lethal amount of erythritol. Who puts erythritol in their beverages? It’s a bad idea, guys. I didn’t realize there was erythritol in it when I purchased it.
Yesterday morning, I woke up with yet another migraine. In an attempt to alleviate my discomfort, I decided to pour myself a glass of freshly squeezed juice. As I went to pour myself a glass, beet juice splattered all over my kitchen, resembling a crime scene. The kitchen island, baseboards, and floor were covered in beet-stained splats, creating a truly dreadful sight. Cleaning up the mess was even more dreadful. ಠ෴ಠ
Which brings us to Friday. Well, it’s Friday, so only time will tell what challenges I’ll be dealing with today. Unfortunately, my toddler is sick, so he will be staying home. On top of that, I have a 6-hour online seminar scheduled for today, and I haven’t quite figured out how I’ll be able to take care of him while fully participating in the seminar. However, I am confident that I will find a solution because there is always a way.
Do you ever have those days where nothing seems to go right? How do you handle it? Feel free to join the conversation below ↓ and I’ll do my best to reply to your comments within the next 24 hours.
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Dang! You’ve had such a crummy week, I’m so sorry to hear that! I’m truly wishing that your bad luck takes a turn for the better soon! You deserve your steeped tea every day!
Thank you! 🙂 I’m glad you think that because I totally agree with you. Steeped tea should be an everyday thing. I did manage to get a steeped tea this evening. There was a line and service was so slow. By the time they got to me they told me it would be another 3min to brew more tea after I paid. It’s cold outside and my husband was waiting for me in the parking lot. I told him to drive home and that I would walk home so he wouldn’t have to wait for me. Despite it being cold outside, it was 100% worth waiting for the steeped tea and walking home in the cold. It was also dark outside but I didn’t care. Steeped tea really does help me feel better.
I remember an observation I read somewhere that definitely struck me as having merit. If you’re having a bad day because of larger things happening, when the smaller things happen, it causes those small things to feel amplified when normally, we would otherwise brush it off. In this way, it’s possible that on a regular day, we ignore the small inconveniences and may even laugh them off, but when there’s more on our mind, those same things can feel frustratingly detrimental. It reminds me of situations where, if I’m doing something at a relaxed pace, I’ll laugh off compiler errors and null pointer exceptions. If I’m up against a deadline, watch as I swear like a sailor in response to those exact same problems.
You’re definitely not alone in this one, and as you’ve noted, the best way forwards is to take things one step at a time and prioritise. The other things you’ve done well here is to write it out. Things are difficult now, but you’ve taken the time to offload all of those thoughts onto paper. By doing this, you’ve done a little more than just venting: you’ve organised them, too. This is a valuable step that helps one in regrouping. Now you know what you’re up against, I’m confident you’ll be able to turn things around.
Wow!!! What a week you have had! The best part is that it is in the past. Sending you good vibes. Yes I have had bad days, but none of them have strung together like yours! Sending extra good vibes to help rid you of all the bad juju!
I feel like it’s still lot (I haven’t recovered yet from the exhaustion) but you are right – it IS in the past. Today went a little better and I didn’t feel the need to document anything today. Ha. Whatever you are doing is helping to help me get rid of the bad juju – Thank you! 🙏🏻
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I wish I could say that this week is better but my whole family is sick. I had plans to get stuff done this week. Well, that’s not happening now.
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Hilary, stop watching the “news”. Your life will be better. I stopped that several years ago…
Hi John. I don’t really watch the news per se, but I do get news updates on the Twitter/X platform.
That is like me scanning the TV channels. Stay sane.
Depression and anxiety are experiences I have had as well and in fact all of my life. I am thankful God has helped me
i really agree with that first line! sometimes, things that happen to me NOT for me, not everything is spiritual lol
somehow i dont see the similarities in the art u made and the lol cat.. so glad that it was fixed!
when it comes to coats, i have one i wear to work that the zipper became rusted and broke off but i can still zip it up just gotta use my nail to pull it up lol so i know how u feel ugh
and omfg yes i used to drink a bunch of coffee with that type of “sugar” but recently found out its bad for you lol now i just dont add absolutely anything into my drinks other than the usual, water or my oat milk geesh gotta be careful of all ingredients these days :/
thanks for sharing ur week! love to see that i wasnt the only one going thru it lol
hmm for me tbh i just got over the bad parts by sleeping it off, hoping the next day would be great. i get over it if i eat something good too like my fav snacks from the store, daily or almost daily my husband will make us matcha latte or coffee so it always gets my mood up 🙂 lets hope u have a better week this week!!
Sometimes life is just one foot in front of the other to get through the dark spaces until we emerge into lighter ones. Hope things are a smoother for you now.🌼
That is a great reminder to keep going even when things seem bleak. This week I am sick… my whole family is sick. I’m taking things one hour at a time and praying we feel better tomorrow. 😷 I was just sick 3 weeks. There’s something going around.
I’m sorry you’re having one of those weeks. We’ve all been there and know how much it sucks when you’re in it. Personally, I don’t really do anything to handle weeks like that. What I’ve noticed is that we don’t really have any control when we have a bad day or bad days. Everything goes wrong no matter how much we try to get things in order. So, what I do is just let the time pass till things stop falling apart.
Anyway, hope things have improved and you’re feeling better now. And hope Aaron is fully recovered.
Holy moly!!!! Those are truly stressful situations to be going through, so I’m very sorry it all happened! Hope you and your family get well soon; it really does stink when everything just falls apart at once. It feels like the world closing in and you think, “Why me?” Anyway, I too am a migraine sufferer periodically, and man!!! Those things are terrible and really derail your feeling of well-being. Oh, and your cute cat vector is adorable! Sorry it got flagged, but it’s still so adorable, nonetheless! 🎀💖
I get what you mean. I hope you feel better now.
I almost wrote a Part 2 blog post similar to this one but I didn’t have the energy to write it. These last few days haven’t been great, which brought back memories of that particular week when everything went wrong. 😖
Oh no 😢 hang in there
You have a redbubble shop too?! Check out my shop “Soujji Designs” and we can follow eachother!
That’s awesome! I haven’t logged into my Redbubble shop in a while but next time I do I will check out your shop and give you a follow back! 😊
Ok thanks you
Do you have a direct link to your Redbubble shop? I tried searching Soujji Designs but was unable to find it.
https://www.redbubble.com/people/Soujji-Designs/shop?utm_source=rb-native-app&utm_campaign=share-artist&utm_medium=android
Thank you!! 😀
I gave you a follow! It would mean the world to me if you followed me back. 🫶✨
Of course
Migraines are the worst! I get migraines too. Eat bananas 🍌 they help with migraines.
I just saw your comment. It’s funny you say that because today I had a migraine. It was a small aura that had just started acting up. I was starving so I went to the grocery store and bough 2 bananas to eat. I felt much better afterwards and the migraine went away! 🍌🫶
That’s great! Not that you got a migraine but that you ate bananas and they made your migraine go away.
Bananas and water. Staying hydrated helps too. I need to drink at least 3L of plain water a day. I’ll be buying more bananas. Always liked bananas and I like them even more now! 🍌💕
That’s great! I’m not much of a water drinker but I’m trying.
Same. I have to track my water intake, otherwise I won’t drink enough water. I track everything on my phone.
Me too! I track a lot of things on my phone. I used to track my water intake but I kept forgetting to input when and how much I drank, especially since I drink in sips.