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"Bad Days" Are Normal

Name: "Bad Days" Are Normal
Uploaded: 2025-10-19T21:00:54+00:00
Duration: 26 s
Channel: Shanli Liu, CPA, CTP
Description: In this brief monologue, the speaker reflects on the inevitability and frequency of low‑quality or "bottom 10%" days. By calculating that 10% of a…

19 Oct 2025 · 0 min

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In this brief monologue, the speaker reflects on the inevitability and frequency of low‑quality or "bottom 10%" days. By calculating that 10% of a 365‑day year equals roughly 36 days—about three per month or one every ten days—the speaker normalizes these sub‑par days as a common occurrence. Rather than overhauling their plan or lifestyle, the speaker concludes that the appropriate response is to increase personal tolerance for such days, accepting them as a regular part of life.

If I have 365 days a year, what are my bottom 10% days going to look like? Probably pretty shitty. How many of those a year do I get? 36. Well, shit, there's 12 months in a year. Okay, well, I'm getting 3 of those a month. That's actually like fairly common. It's every 10 days I have a bottom 10% day. And so I think about that a lot where I'm like, I don't necessarily need to change anything. I think my plan's fine. I just need to increase my tolerance for the fact that what bottom 10% days look like.