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The one about rolling with the punches
Mara Bande
September 02, 2024 • Takes: 6 minutes
2nd of September ‘24
When life gives you lemons 🍋
Hiyaaa!
Top of the morning to you babe 🤠 The past week has been crazy bonkers, it was orientation week for freshmen in university and all the plans I had that could go wrong went wrong.
Today I want to yap about that. People say when life gives you lemons you should make lemonade, meaning you should still try to make the most out of a bad situation. It’s so hard to keep this mindset going after you’ve been already given a truckload of bruised lemons and they keep on coming.
What makes the difference? I think it’s easier to roll with the punches when you’re surrounded by positive people. If your plans go awry and everyone involved is sooooo ready to give up, there’s no way you’d still want to go through with them - let alone be flexible enough to rearrange everything. It’s so important that the people around you are calm, composed, and can find humor even when everything is looking bleak.
And when the proverbial lemons are handed to you once again and you find yourself alone, I want you to be that person for yourself. Everything has a solution, nothing is that big of a deal, you can figure it out AND you can ask for help. Being defeatist helps no one!
You’re still allowed to be pissed off though so 🤷♀️
Mara, taking the L 🫡
Find me on Instagram as @amarenabandivan
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