I recently had a doozy of a day.

And I don’t mean doozy like it was nifty. Or fun. Or even slightly adequate.

At first, things seemed to be going well enough.

I woke up. I was breathing. But I was tired. I woke up earlier than I wanted to, so it felt like I was starting my day with a quarter tank.

Since I was a kid, I’ve been particularly sensitive to my sleep schedule. If I wake up at my usual time, or even a bit later, I’m good to go. But if I wake up earlier than normal, I am not good to go anywhere.

This was one of those Not Good To Go Anywhere days.

Should I have just stayed in bed all day? Probably. But there were things to do. So I got up and did them.

I spent the first part of my morning getting some work done in my office. But given my Quarter Tank status, everything seemed dull and unfulfilling.

Then Melissa and I went for our morning walk. As I was puttering along beside my wife, we started talking about a movie (The Wedding Banquet) that we wanted to see. Turns out, it was only in Santa Rosa for a week. When we got home, I checked the times and saw that if we wanted to see it, we would have to go that afternoon. But we had too many other things to do that day, so it didn’t work.

This, for some reason, totally threw me off.

Wait a minute, Z. You got thrown off because you weren’t able to go see a movie?

Yes, yes I did. My Quarter Tank status didn’t help. By the time the afternoon rolled around, and I was sitting in my office trying to work, my tank had dwindled to Almost Empty.

In an effort to “help” my situation, I pulled out my phone.

Did I call a friend to help lift me up out of my fog? Did I click on an inspirational website to inspire the crap out of me?

Nope.

I clicked on a game.

Here’s the thing about this particular game. It’s a little puzzle with pieces you have to swipe off the board. I won’t go into any more detail than that, because it doesn’t matter.

What does matter is that this game is totally addictive to me. Once I start playing, it’s verrrrrrrry hard to stop. Because of this, I have to be extremely mindful about when I play it.

And in the middle of a workday? Not a good time.

But there I was, energy tank teetering on Empty, playing my little puzzle game like there was no tomorrow. After about a half hour of this, or maybe it was one/two/three hours, I found myself thinking things like:

I really should stop. I should be working. But what’s the point of everything we’re doing, anyway? I don’t think it makes a difference at all. Nothing matters.

Yeah, see? Definitely a doozy of a day.

I mean, there are waaaaay worse days to have. But my mind was seriously on dim and dimmer. By the time I went to bed, I was completely crabby.

And then the darndest thing happen. I slept. I got a great night’s sleep. And I woke up an entirely different person than the day before.

The sun was shining in the sky and in my heart. Everything was teeming with joy and possibility.

I thought to myself, The thing about days, is there’s usually another one. And thank God for that!

I say “usually” because, as we all know, there will come a time when our days will stop.

But this whole scenario we have here on the earth plane, where we get to start new and fresh every day, again and again and again? I gotta say, it really works for me.

It’s especially helpful for me to remember this when I’m having an Empty tank day.

I just have to get through it. And then I get another chance.

Another day.

What’s your experience with doozy days? Share your comments below!

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