Bad Days Happen

Bad days happen. Expect them. It helps.

Marcus Aurelius did — he reminded himself every morning that people would be rude, unfair, selfish. He wasn’t surprised when they were. He was ready.

You can’t control traffic, gossip, deadlines that slip. You can control your response. That’s the whole game.

Epictetus would say: Focus where your hands reach.

And most storms pass. They look big now. By tomorrow? Gone. Seneca knew — we suffer more in our heads than in the real world.

So here’s what we can do:

Expect less from the world. Expect more from yourself.

Carry the calm with you. Let the bad day come. Watch it go.

Onward.