What if the things you do day in and day out had no impact on people?
What if it turned out that all this time you’ve been missing the goal by a mile?
I've been asking myself these questions quite a bit now as we take this transition.
If you’re a firefighter saving lives, or a scientist inventing newer, cleaner power sources, there’s probably little doubt in your mind that you’re making a difference. But as a designer, I must confess that I often start doubting myself. I suppose others alike, all across the board, no matter what he or she does differently often doubt what they do on a day-to-day basis has meaning and actually feel that they have credibility, originality, or even recognition and often catch themselves smoking herb or drinking burning liquor, and always out seeking glory. But in the end, you only have one story.
I want you to know; we all have emotions, feelings, and moods.
I've found that it's of some help to think of one's moods and feelings about the world as being similar to the weather. Weird, huh?
Here are some obvious things about the weather:
It's real.
You can't change it by wishing it away.
If it's dark and rainy it really is dark and rainy and you cant alter it.
It might be dark and rainy for two weeks in a row.
BUT
It will be sunny one day.
It isn't under one's control as to when the some comes out, but out it will.
One day.
It really is the same with one's moods, I think. The wrong approach is to believe that they are illusions. They are real. Depression, anxiety - these are as real as the weather - AND equally not under one's control.
Not one's fault.
BUT
They will pass; they really will.
In the same way that one has to accept the weather, so one has to accept how one feels about life sometimes. "Today's a crap day," is a total realistic approach. I feel that it's all about finding a kind of mental umbrella. "Hey-ho, it's raining inside; it isn't my fault and there's nothing I can do about it, but 'lay down!' But the sun may well come out tomorrow and when it does, I shall take full advantage."
Sincerely,
