Hey, welcome to Radio Headspace.
I'm Dora, and I'm so glad that you're here.
A few weeks ago, I had one of those days where I set out to be particularly mindful.
I got up early to journal, meditate, and set intentions for the day.
And then everything I touched immediately turned into chaos.
It started with my shoelace breaking.
I had no idea.
This shouldn't have set the tone for the day, but somehow it did.
On the way to work, I got coffee on my white t-shirt.
Not once, not twice, but four separate times.
I thought things had taken a turn for the better when traffic was light and I had gotten to work early.
Only to find out the 9.30 meeting I was early for started at 9.
At lunch, I decided to do a walking meditation to reset.
I couldn't find my AirPod, so I had to use corded headphones,
which ended up taking what seemed like an hour to untangle.
Naturally, I handled this well, which is to say I doubled down.
We're taught that if something isn't working, we just need to try harder.
If we're stuck, we should push through.
If we're stressed, we should figure it out faster.
If something feels hard, We should fight until we win.