Never Let No One Determine Your Day

You can acknowledge people without absorbing them. This episode is about not letting someone else’s mood, behavior, or bad moment dictate how you move through your day. You can give grace without giving away your peace.

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this is unfiltered everyday shit. I'm India Sherelle. This podcast is a space for real conversations about life as is actually happening. The good, the bad, and everything in between. It's unfiltered, it's honest, and it's unapologetic, so let's talk about it. Welcome. I'm India Sherell, and this is unfiltered everyday Shit. I'm a big proponent of this mindset. Never let nobody determine your day. That's something I say all the time to other people and to myself. I learned it over the years, and I applied every single day. This isn't just about work, this is about every day life. Anytime I walk into somebody else's space. A job, a room, a conversation. My mindset is already set. I'm not about to let your attitude, your comment, or your mood, decide how I'm going to feel for the rest of my day. First and foremost, I believe in giving people grace. You never know what somebody's going through. They might be short, snappy. Or off, and most of the time it really has nothing to do with you. But even knowing that my question is always the same, why would I let you determine my mood? Why would I give somebody that much control, that much power over me? And let me be clear, there is nothing somebody can say to me that's going to take me out of my character because sometimes that's exactly what people are trying to do. Sometimes the goal is to poke, provoke, and push you just enough so they can say, oh look, oh, look how she's acting. Absolutely not. No, that's not happening over here. I. Just, the other day I walked into work and things didn't quite go the way I thought they would, but I didn't get mad. I didn't feel the need to react, nor did I feel the need to respond for what, because I already knew how my day was going to go. I woke up, enjoy and I'm gonna go to sleep. Enjoy. I'm not letting you or anybody else take that from me. Just the other day I was telling one of the young ladies at work, why are you walking around here upset? You are upset. Mad blood pressure going through the roof and the very person you talking about, they over there laughing. They going just fine. Absolutely not. That's not an option. Don't let nobody determine your day. Remember, I don't care what's going on. So this is just a short reminder. Don't let nobody determine your day. And when I say nobody, I mean absolutely nobody. Now give grace where grace is needed, but protect your peace. That's it. Now that you've listened to this episode, sit with this question. Where in your life have you been given someone else the power to shift your mood, and what would it look like if you took that power back? Well, that's all I got to say for today. Just remember, this podcast is freedom. This is me. It is my voice. It's somewhere I can just speak freely. Thanks for stopping by and thanks for listening.