When Life Doesn’t Go as Planned
Why “Doing Your Best” Really Is Enough Some Days
Some days, life reminds you that plans are more like suggestions than guarantees. You think you’ve got the day mapped out, the week organized, the next step figured out — and then life taps you on the shoulder, flips the page, and hands you a brand-new script you never auditioned for.
It’s funny how we’re taught to believe that life is supposed to follow a straight line.
The truth?
Life’s never once cared about our timelines, our perfect order, or the version of the story we rehearsed in our heads.
Sometimes things don’t go right because it’s the wrong time.
Sometimes things don’t go right because the plan wasn’t actually the plan.
And sometimes… things don’t go right because life just throws in a twist or three for reasons we won’t understand until much later.
I’ve had plenty of those days lately — the ones where everything I wrote on my to-do list gets erased by something urgent, unexpected, or emotional. Days where the “plan” falls apart before I even get started. Days where all the strength I have is used just to keep the wheels turning. Days where doing is my best — and that has to be enough.
And maybe that’s the lesson.
Our best isn’t always loud.
It isn’t always impressive.
It isn’t always productive or picture-perfect.
Sometimes our best looks like simply showing up, even when the world feels heavy.
Life doesn’t wait for us to be ready.
But we’re stronger than we think — and sometimes the twists and detours teach us things the smooth road never could.
So if you’re in one of those seasons where nothing seems to go the way you planned, let me say this as someone walking through my own share of surprises:
Your best is enough.
Even on the days you’re just holding it together.
Especially on those days.
Life rarely moves in a straight line.
But somehow, we keep moving with it.
Twist by twist, turn by turn — doing the best we can with the day in front of us.
And honestly?
There’s a quiet kind of strength in that.