SOME DAYS JUST GO OFF TRACK...

Today, I want to talk to you about how some days can just go off track without you doing anything to make them.

You know the days I’m talking about, where you’ve planned everything, you know what needs doing, but then find that absolutely nothing goes the way it's meant to go. It’s really maddening, isn’t it?

Sometimes, technology fails, or the weather changes, or your minute-by-minute schedule just collapses. That’s what happens when you plan as if nothing will ever go wrong. Remember, everything is alright until it isn’t!

But here's the thing I’ve noticed: fighting what is happening when thongs are going wrong, just makes everything worse, and the more you try to wrestle the day back onto your schedule, the more wound up you just get. In fact, more difficulties usually arise, and you then end up using all the energy you have left, battling what else happens, instead of dealing with the original problem.

Stop fighting and start adapting as, ironically, accepting that some days go off track actually then makes it easier for you. You’re not giving up; you’re just being realistic, as you then realise that you can just do what you can, write off what you can’t, and acknowledge that tomorrow is another day, where you can make a fresh start.

Here are some examples:

- You wake up fresh one morning with your whole day planned ahead of you, but then find that a family member needs you urgently, so everything else just stops. That’s not your day falling apart; that’s just life and what happens.

- You've blocked out time in your day for focused work, but constant interruptions prevent you concentrating. By lunchtime, you’ve accomplished nothing you planned. Or you have meetings at work scheduled all day, but wake up feeling awful. You try pushing through, which just makes you feel worse. Sometimes, the only track you need is the one straight back to bed! ​ - Your car, bus or train breaks down when you're already running late. You’re absolutely furious. But being angry at the machinery, or the people who run the services, doesn't help, does it?

However, if your days are always going off track, look at your planning. Sometimes, it’s not life interfering with your plans, it’s that your plans don’t make room for life!

So, today, remember when your day doesn’t unfold the way you wanted it to, you haven’t messed up. This is just what days do sometimes and some days will just go off track!