“I found early on that every single day was different. That helped a lot. There are whole days that sucked really bad, but I quickly understood that one bad day had no correlation to the next whatsoever,” shared Robbie Balenger on a podcast.
Robbie was reflecting on a 3,175-mile transcontinental run he started in Huntington Beach, CA and completed in Central Park, NYC. Robbie crossed 14 states moving an average of 43 miles a day for 75 days on a plant based diet.
“I could be on top of the world one day and the next crash down, and vice versa,” said Robbie. “So in those hard days it was a matter of thinking just get through today and tomorrow will be different. It will be better.”
What we might call the Balenger Principle is a helpful way to navigate the tough days in our lives; believing and trusting tomorrow will always be different and… better.
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