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It's Okay To Have Bad Days

Name: It's Okay To Have Bad Days
Uploaded: 2026-03-10T15:00:00+00:00
Duration: 26 s
Channel: Shanli Liu, CPA, CTP
Description: In this brief reflective monologue, the speaker examines how often they experience their "bottom 10%" days—days when performance or mood is markedly low…

10 Mar 2026 · 0 min

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In this brief reflective monologue, the speaker examines how often they experience their "bottom 10%" days—days when performance or mood is markedly low. By calculating that 10% of 365 days equals roughly 36 days a year, or about three such days each month, they highlight that low‑performance days are a regular, expected part of life. Rather than altering their overall plans or goals, the speaker argues for increasing personal tolerance of these inevitable bad days, emphasizing acceptance and resilience over constant optimization.

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