How to Deal with Unexpected Events that Disrupt Your Day

This post is a response to Sherry’s question in the previous post, “Being Conscious of Your Energy.” If you didn’t read it, click [here] to get up to date.

Diving right in, let’s say you wake up and intend to have a great day. You’ve planned your day, have your to-do items, and start going about the day, being conscious of your energy and intentional with your day.

Then, bam! An event happens to throw off everything that you had planned thoroughly. Whatsoever will you do now? Well, that’s what we’ll be discussing in this post.

Assess the Severity of the Event

First things first, it depends on the level of the event that occurred.

• If this is a life-threatening event, like the sudden loss of a job or loss of a life, for an event like this, you’ve got to take time to deal with this and to process this. This event would be the level of a vortex whirlpool in the ocean or a sea monster attacking your ship. Something this big has to be processed appropriately.

• However, if the event isn’t on this level but presents a huge inconvenience, such as a new deadline, responsibility, or someone throwing off your day by disrupting your energy, these are more accurately of hurricanes or other ships in the ocean, and this is where our focus will be.

Follow These Two Steps to Get Back on Track

So what are we to do whenever inconvenient stuff comes and throws off your boat?

We need to take a step back and process things.

• First, it’s easier said than done at the moment, but it’s a crucial first step. Go for a walk and breathe if needed, but you need to be able to take a step back, and here’s why.

• For one, this event is not a catastrophic event. No one died; you still have your job, so this is not a significant event in life. The sooner we realize this, the sooner we can adequately assess the situation. What’s key is to realize that bad stuff will happen, which is a part of life! We must accept this. 

Once we’ve processed the event, how can we use the event to get back towards our goal/intention for the day?

• This perspective is why part of the philosophy on this substack is to see life as a school where our soul learns through experiences. These experiences provide us with lessons that we need to learn to move forward with our goals in this life journey. However, if we never experience these inconveniences, are we supposed to grow*?

*This alone can be its own article, so I will expand more below in my references and cut that off as paid content. In that paid section of this article, I dive into the value of seeing experiences from a whole new “unorthodox perspective” because that part is essential in this two-step process.

We need to start looking at experiences as containing information. Just as positive experiences provide insight, so too can negative experiences. The following picture from Afterskool explains why we need to look at these experiences, even though inconveniences, in a different light because they provide us with opportunities to grow.

Conclusion  

But that’s it; getting back on track after being derailed comes down to two steps. Remember, the event isn’t life-threatening, so you don’t need to adjust your entire day. It doesn’t deserve more energy than you need to give it.

Once you’ve processed this, you’ll realize you still have a course to set sail on. Captains don’t let small bumps or storms disrupt their course; there’s a goal to get here. And that’s what we have to do: process the inconvenience and realize how we can still reach our goal with this inconvenience.

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