Haphazard Journal #16: It's Okay to not be Okay

Adult life is certainly hard. There are times that you just want to give up and lay in bed all day, doing absolutely nothing. Sadly, life does not come with a manual book so we have to figure out things on our own.

Lately, I’ve been feeling down, bored with my routine and I lost the feeling of excitement to face the next day. And…that’s super sad. Hence, I look for things that may 'justify' what I feel and I come across the term “It’s okay to not be okay”. I’m sure this term is not something uncommon, so I look further and search about it and here are a few things that I learn.

Everybody has their own struggles and problem in their life and along the way they may face challenges which eventually may cause the feeling of sadness, disappointment and other things and that’s TOTALLY okay. As a human being, it is okay to acknowledge the existence of those feelings instead of covering it up. It’s even more unhealthy to cover up how you feel as it may build up to certain events or things and these feelings can explode in a way that is not good for you.

So, it is simply OKAY to feel sad, disappointed or tired. Expressing and acknowledging these emotions don’t mean that we are week but simply show that we are human. After all, we can all agree that life isn’t fair so sometimes things do not go our way and THAT IS OKAY. Life is not always about rainbows, cute puppies, pizzas or other beautiful things. With bad days, we can appreciate good days because there will be no good days without bad days.

Take time, breathe and try to make yourself feel better. The world does not wait for us to get better but we are the one who need to find our own way to feel better.

It is okay to not be okay, it is a part of life and hopefully it can help to make you stronger.

“It’s okay to fail but it’s not okay to quit”