Everything is Temporary
On uncomfortable emotions and the one that might be permanent.
✔️ Having to find a lost tax form at the eleventh hour.
✔️ A public fight with a family member.
✔️ A possible friendship break-up that came out of nowhere and knocked me sideways.
✔️ Partner making last minute plans, wiping out my chance at time alone.
When life gets overwhelming for me, as it has this past week, I remind myself: everything is temporary.
My anger is temporary.
My resentment is temporary.
My frustration is temporary.
My sadness is temporary.
My feeling of hopelessness is temporary.
My feeling of being trapped is temporary.
My confusion is temporary.
My grief is temporary.
My numbness is temporary.
My irritation is temporary.
My lack of executive function is temporary.
My impatience is temporary. Actually no. That one might be permanent.
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It does seem like things get thrown at us in clusters...maybe that is where the word clusterf**k comes from. I am not sure if it's better to get a cluster and then peace or a chinese water torture drip drip schedule. Take it as it comes, bob and weave and we'll still have an occasional hit getting through, to use boxing terms. Just duck and avoid a knockout!