I've been going through some rough times recently but I'm staying positive. Positive vibrations getting me through.

A photo of me teaching my dog, Boogie, how to shake hands

Today was a good day

I woke up early this morning, around 6am, and decided to call off all my appointments. I usually do this when I'm feeling down, but because they weren't urgent and I could fit them in tomorrow, I decided I'd have a day off from the daily struggle. I chilled out all day.

I started the day as usual; woke up, had breakfast, flicked through the latest mouth farts from Prestitutes on the TV(thanks @lukewearechange for that pun), then after that, I cleaned through some junk files on my computer, curated a bit of content of Steemit, and then played Fallout 4 for the rest of the day. Winning.

While I slacked off all day, I kept a positive mindset. Any time a bad thought popped into my head, even briefly, I focused on something else. It was as if I was meditating whilst being a couch potato. And I absolutely loved it. I do consider being lazy negative so I made up for it this afternoon with a nice hour long workout and a dip in the pool, which tasted like a positive vibration cherry on top of my creamy Thursday.

I don't like being lazy these days, but given the amount of free time I've had lately, I decided I needed to use some of it for myself rather than my usual work & study. I'm not one to go out on the weekends with friends, instead I spend my weekends getting shit done. My therapist has told me that living this way is unhealthy and she's right, so I took her advice and that's the real reason why I blew off a whole day.

In the past, I spent a lot of my time being negative. I was what some people would say, "set up for failure". I've come to the realization that people who think this way are full of shit. I may have had to work for everything, even as a kid working shitty jobs to buy my own clothes, but through each good, bad & ugly experience I've learned valuable life lessons; lessons that most people never experience. I'm 24 years old and I feel wiser than most people my age.

I wasn't going to post today but this euphoric high that I'm feeling right now is too good not to share. These positive vibrations need to be expressed before I delve back in to reality, though that's not to say that I won't try to carry them in to the near future. God knows, I need them.

Positive vibrations can be a double edged sword though, like everything in life; too much of something is bad. I'm a realist, and with everything, I weigh up the good & bad. When it comes to feeling good, there's a point that you have to come back down, slap yourself in the face and say, "hey man, stop jacking off your brain cells and get back to it". So although I'm on a mission to stay positive, I can't let that positivity hinder my decision making skills. Some things have to be taken with a grain of salt, especially when shit gets serious.

So, to whomever you are that's reading this right now, I hope you can take something away from this wonderful day that I've had. And in the words of the infamous Ice Cube, "Today was a good day!".

Thomas Te Aroha Kohi | Entrepreneur