Not every day is a good day. Period.

I don’t think you can just will yourself to have a good day. Especially when external factors, like work, create some issues.

This post might seem highly specific. I’m providing you with a list of powerful affirmations for women, to use especially during a rough work day.

Why did I want this list of affirmations to hit these specific criteria?

Because as I’ve slowly tailored this blog to women – most specifically, young women in and recently out of college like myself – I’ve realized that we young women don’t talk about how much work can suck sometimes.

“That’s the beauty of self care! It doesn’t have to be complicated or time-consuming.”

The cat’s out of the bag! It’s no secret that self care is an extremely necessary part of anyone’s routine.

Life is hard! Between balancing work, exercise, eating healthy, sleeping, and managing a home, sometimes it feels like there’s little time for anything else.

Or if you do have time, you have zero energy.

But that’s the beauty of self care! It doesn’t have to be complicated or time-consuming. If you want to do something a little more involved, you can. But if not, all you have to do is find something that helps you relax and feel refreshed.

“It’s actually way more common than you might expect.”

I’d like to preface this post by saying that I am not a mental health professional, and this post is absolutely not meant to replace the advice of one. I’m just someone who’s been through this and would like to help others in a similar position.

Towards the end of last year, I shared my story in a guest post on The Unwritten blog. You can see that post by clicking here.

To sum it up, almost exactly a year ago I finally reached out to my primary care physician about feeling “down” pretty often.

On the surface, everything should have been great. I have a wonderful boyfriend who I love, loving family and friends, a nice apartment, a secure financial situation, and I had a stable job as a nurse. What was there to feel down about?