Category Mind

One would think it would be easier to not get lost on a one-way street. Fewer options, fewer choices, fewer ways to get confused and not make it to your destination, right?

Ironically, no.

Not only have I managed to get lost on physical one-way streets . . . I find it much easier to get lost in one-way street relationships.

It always starts out well . . . or so I think at the moment. It always takes hindsight for me to see that the relationship, friendship or romantic, was never two-way. Was never healthy. And was, in fact, toxic.

I recently experienced this moment. Not with a romantic partner, but with someone I thought was a good friend.

He’d always been there for me when others were not. He was also the one who helped me during one of my hardest moments.

But after learning that he ...

My last few days have not gone according to plan. And honestly, it has left me feeling less than stellar.

This is mostly because the happy fun factor was missing and I feel a little like Jack from The Shining.

All work and no play and all that…

I don’t know if I would have cared as much if work was all I planned to do, but it wasn’t. My playtime simply fell through and such is life.

But that got me thinking . . . did I make those days count?

I got a lot done, sure. I mean A LOT. But if I feel the way I’m feeling, is getting things done really what was important?

I realize that the plans having to change was no ones fault and I was understanding and made the best of it . . . or so I thought.

But if feeling bummed out and burnt out is the outcome than perhaps I didn’t make my day truly...