HALLS: Issue II

POSITIVITY
SHIT HAPPENS
kay ladies, let’s be real. Sometimes life gets
you down. You’ll be bopping around, doing
your best to look on the bright side of
things, and then Life will just punch you
straight in the throat with some inescapable realness,
like that assignment deadline I’m currently ignoring
(ha hah ha hah ha ha). You know those curve balls
that the universe decides to pitch at your groin, like
Derry Girls only having six episodes or your card declining
when you try to buy a shot of tequila in the
George. Unexpected library fines, Ticketmaster crashing
at the last minute, Luas inspectors that ONE time
you didn’t tap on. It’s not easy being positive. Sometimes,
shit happens.
Literally.
Like, right on your armchair.
And you’ve no idea who or when or why or anything.
But I digress. The point is you just can’t be positive
all the time. You’re going to have those moments
when it seems like the world is out to get you specifically,
and just when you think it can’t get any worse,
it does. There’s always going to be times when you
feel so crushed by the world that you just don’t see
the point in being positive, or you just don’t want to be
positive. Like, it’s exhausting, and hey, that’s okay.
You’re entitled to a little bitterness every now and again.
It’s healthy! Don’t be afraid to wallow in self-pity from
time to time, it’s good for the soul.
Really, it’s impossible to be upbeat all the time. Don’t
trust people who seem to be; they’re either sociopaths
or “have their lives together,” which everyone knows
is just a myth anyway. So don’t tell yourself that you
have to be positive all the time. You’ll burn yourself
out, which is just so counter-productive. Self-care is
letting yourself be human, people.
Having said that, take your negativity like you take
your alcohol; in moderation (lol). Just because it