There are some moods you never want to get out of, highs you want to keep forever, and headspaces that give you wings no one else seems to see. We all get our moments of “taking over the world” once in a while. The issue is: how do we stay in that space? The reason it’s so significant is because we know it’s temporary. So, we try to milk every ounce of productivity we can from it before returning to how we “normally” get through life.

There is no harm or crime in living how you normally would; it even seems harder to achieve than the abnormal these days. But we’ve already established you’re not here to merely exist. You can find proof of that in how you constantly want more, even though you’re living in what you used to want.

So, why are these moods fleeting? Why do you only feel the need and energy to improve your life occasionally? Well, studies show that… insert well-informed sentence.

Don’t worry, you didn’t just read an error. I just wanted to take your mind through what you would usually expect from a normal article. But this isn’t one, at least not today. My take here is entirely personal, and if you’d like to keep reading, let’s walk through this together. When I’m faced with questions like this, I simply Google it. Again, no profound tactic.

But I go a step further after I get my answers: why is this the common answer? What makes the wrong answer wrong and the common one right? I didn’t Google anything in this case. I’ve had the answer all along, but there’s no fun in just telling you that. ‘It’s because you’ve incorrectly labeled your moods.’ You’ve classified everything you feel into two main categories: good and bad.

If you feel like changing the world today, it’s good. If you don’t, it’s bad. While I understand that life isn’t only about how you feel—there are things you have to do, like survive—you don’t need to feel like surviving; you just have to survive. But have you ever wondered why you feel like improving your life, not that you have to?

I don’t believe there are good or bad feelings. You should be bold enough to own what you feel and old enough to take responsibility for both your feelings and actions. I believe that there are priorities, and your feelings are symptoms of what you prioritize, as well as occasional suggestions of what you should prioritize.

Waiting around to feel like doing something makes you a slave to your feelings, not the master of them. It’s not a bad thing to not want to take over the world today, this week, or even this month. Your productivity shouldn’t be dependent on it, and neither should your character. You must understand that, at the most primitive level, you’re selfish and want the world to bend to your will—a constant battle you have to fight every day.

But you cannot keep waiting around. You can’t keep hoping your good moods will linger as long as you want. The intentionality you put into surviving isn’t meant for survival alone; be intentional about what you want to feel, what you do, how you act—everything that defines you.

That’s how you remain in the headspace you want, not by stumbling upon it by chance.

It feels good to be back 😉 I hope you’re kind to yourself this week.❤️

Song of the moment – No high by David Kushner.