Is it possible to bounce back?

Last week was a challenging week. There are several times when I became stressed. It was hard to concentrate and I was often angry to myself. It’s as if the challenges in the earlier part of this year happened again. It is not that bad actually given that I am now armed with many good tools. At the same time, it’s hard to fight with the tendency to become stressed.

Yesterday I managed to be focus on what I wanted to do and it was quite good. This morning was also ok. But after I watched a movie, it is hard for me to go back to the working state. Instead, I started to browse through on football news. Which is fine in itself if it is not a form of run away from trying to focus and plan what to do next.

In this period of time, I need to remember that it is not necessary to follow what my feeling is. Just as easy I can fall into stress, it is also quite possible to go back to the focus state again. The key is to be courageous, to accept the fact that it is not easy, but it is attainable.

And when I can’t focus, the question is that what will make I focus again. Is becoming angry able to do that? If not, there is no need to be angry to myself. Keep finding other alternatives. Acknowledge the fact that I have difficulties in looking for long-term when it comes to implementation. Remember that it is okay to be an average person. We don’t have to be one of the best.

So is it possible to bounce back? Yes. Is it easy? No. It requires hard work and requires us to encourage our heart that it is okay to be ‘rejected’ in terms of failing into reaching our goal. We do not always get a success. But keep trying, leave the hope alive that it will be done when we keep trying to do it.