Why does the bottom encourage change? Why do we have to get to a dark place to change? Can it come sooner? How?

The bottom to me is where you just can’t take living the way you’ve been living, something’s got to change. 

I’ve visited “the bottom” many times. But it changes, each bottom I hit I bounce back stronger than before, so when I hit the bottom next time it’s a little higher than before.

The bottom can be described differently for different people, as I write this article I feel I’m in what I would call the bottom right now. 

It’s funny that when I hit the so-called bottom I pick up habits that I’ve known to make me feel better in the past. 

Writing is one of those habits, writing encourages me to reflect and take a step back. I know my life would be better off if this was part of my daily habit. Typically I recognise this and build the habit for a couple weeks, feel great and the habit slowly starts to fade away unconsciously. 

The answer is simple right, insert this task in your calendar, make it a part of your daily routine. 

In theory it’s just as easy as that. But in reality I struggle to sustain it, no matter how many reminders I give myself.

But the question is why? If I know my life will be better by doing this daily task then why can’t I do it. I don’t know. Why does a smoker smoke? Why do we stay in relationships that are bad? Why do we watch one more episode when we should go to bed?

Maybe we need the bottom. After all, for me, the bottoms seem to be a little higher each time. 

See it through, never give up.