One

Every day is just one day.

So many times I get hung up on things I didn't do right. I start making these crazy things up in my head like...it's been 21 days since (insert stupid things I do here). And then, I screw up and I'm back at one. So, in retrospect, I've spend a large majority of life at one. That day where you have to start everything over. So, what number am I trying to get to? Thirty - well, that would be a month and that's pretty good. Or, what about one hundred? One hundered - yup, that sounds like an accomplishment. But, here's my question - what about after day 100? What if I screw up on day 101? Then guess what? I'm back at one. Boy, if that doesn't suck, what does? But what about the 100 days of success? Sure, they count for something...but all I see is day 101 - the day of failure. So, to me, those 100 days are total voids...because I am back at day one. I had to start all over again.

But what if I saw each day as starting over - no matter what happened the day before? No matter if I achieved the greatest thing - that was yesterday. Today is day one again. No matter if I totally screwed up - that was yesterday and today is day one again. Another chance to do something. To stop trying to accumulate my days into some false sense of accomplishment.

So...what if every day was one? What if every day counted for itself and nothing else? I'm not saying what we do one day doesn't affect other days - I'm saying we start seeing our successes and failures as a day at a time. What if I chose to count up the days I succeeded and not the ones I failed? Here's the crazy thought: What if I just stayed at day one? What if every day started at day one? I think I'd be a little more motivated rather than trying to make it to day 15, 30 or 48 or 100 or whatever.