Blog 7 - February 2022

What to do when you have “one of them days”?

Warning! Rant Ahead!

Sunday afternoon:
Printer ink runs out and all shops are closed. I need booklets for Monday acrylic pouring workshop, so I try to edit a different colour for each print until it completely runs out.

Sunday evening:
Car breaks down. I need to find another car by Monday morning to take my child to the nursery and to drive to workshop. Thankfully, I have people around me who trust their cars with me. (I wouldn’t)

Sunday late night:
I call taxi and go to my dearest friend Abbie who gave me her car keys. “Phew! That was close!” - I thought to myself.

Monday 8am:
Handbrake on my friend’s car gets stuck! After few phone calls I am rescued by my brother Vladimir.

8.30am:
I tell my sons headteacher to “F of” after she suggested to me some breathing techniques to help me cope. Me and Lucy quite close, so don’t get offended please.

8.40am:
I get lost. I have done this route so many times yet ended up taking a wrong turn. What is going on?

9am:
I am in a shop, but I end up walking around, staring at a produce bluntly, I forgot what I came for… ‘Aha! Fruits! I came for fruits!’ – I will take it to my friend who is self-isolating.

9.30am:
I am having an anxiety attack in a car outside Waterloo Centre, questioning my whole existence!

10am:
I am running a workshop, doing what I love doing most with likeminded people and having a laugh.

12.30 noon:
I lost my friends car keys somewhere in a classroom. Caretaker Nigel has helped me find them and, apparently, this is Pisces signature to keep losing keys! This made me laugh.

2pm:
Eyebrow lamination appointment at Laura Jade Beauty in Leiston. Deep conversations and therapy dog Sesame. I feel better.

3pm:
Pick up my boy from nursery and hug it out with headteacher.

3.30pm:
Drop my friend’s car back. Her little girl, who is 4, picks daisies from her garden and gives it to me as a present.

4.30pm:
Home. Bed. Cuddling with my 4-year-old boy.

So, what to do when you are having one of them days?

All we can do is acknowledge them and tell ourselves that it is temporary.

I found that doing what I love doing most and talking to my favourite people is the best cure on such days.

You shouldn’t think “just get on with it” and be some sort of hero. I know you are, but even superheroes need help from other superheroes sometimes.

Trust in others, reach out.

People around you worth more than money, fame, success. Superheroes are priceless.

I have mine!

Who are your superheroes in life?