One of Those Days

Have you ever had one of those days where things get off on the wrong foot? I experienced that Tuesday and then it bled over to Wednesday. It started with oversleeping which I haven't done in like 20 years. I shuffled into the kitchen to find I hadn't set the delay on the coffee maker...just little things that put me off kilter. As the day went on, things continued to go that way. Plus the gray overcast sky was enough to send me into a funk.

No matter how you feel, as a freelance writer, you still have work to get done and deadlines to meet. I plugged away at things to do and ran into "technical difficulties. " Something that should have taken me about 30 minutes or so took about 4 hours. My frustration climbed. When the phone rang and my daughter asked, "How are things going?" I shared a piece of my reality and told her I was getting hungry and wanted to get this project done before lunch...and technology wasn't cooperating.

She said, "You better eat before you do something you regret."

Her words struck me. I hadn't even thought of turning to food to make me feel better. The 21 Day Challenge has really developed a new habit. I don't eat between meals, so I hadn't even considered it.

When I hung up the phone, I decided to eat lunch. And then before I went back to work, I went for a walk...in the rain. It wasn't a hard rain, but a light rain that fell off and on. Decided I could go for a mile and see how it went. I walked for an hour! My feet were wet, but it was a nice, quiet, contemplative walk. When I returned to the computer, I worked things out and eventually got caught up to where I needed to be with my work load.

I share this slice of life, because not turning to food is a huge thing for me...a former binge eater. We really can develop new habits and break old ones!