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What Will I F*ck Up Today?
Expecting things to go poorly tends to be a self-fulfilling prophecy.
Have you ever gotten up in the morning, and immediately stubbed your toe, stepped on your cat, or walked into something? Then you burned your tongue on your coffee, hit absolutely surreal traffic en route to work? Once you got to work have you had nothing but fires to put out and assholes to deal with all day?
During the course of that same day, have you been constantly criticized, berated, and just generally made to feel as if you do everything wrong and piss everyone off?
After a truly horrific day, especially one like what I am describing here, it’s very easy the next day to expect the same thing. You open your eyes in the morning thinking, “What will I fuck up today?”
When you find yourself asking this question or any similar questions, it is time to employ mindfulness.
Attitude and mindfulness
It’s entirely possible that your reaction to “employ mindfulness” is “fuck you, what do you know?” or “that bullshit doesn’t do a thing in this situation” or some other derisive thought. When you are already feeling lousy that’s a totally normal and expected response, really.
