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# How I’m getting through a rough week
- URL: https://www.jeffsu.org/how-im-getting-through-a-rough-week/
- Published: 2023-03-12T10:30:59.000Z
- Updated: 2024-07-24T12:31:24.000Z
- Author: Jeff
- Tags: #no-sidebar

Long story short, this week’s been pretty taxing mentally.

I had to argue with colleagues at work, I’m worried my next Youtube video isn’t going to perform well, and I have a tough conversation coming up.

Luckily for me, I have a great way to deal with self-doubt and anxiety: **you guys**.

## Onto the debrief

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/db/85/db858a9d-1c4f-4993-8042-faa87b9bb3c1/content/images/2023/03/image-16.png)

The day that my life changed

Ever since I uploaded my first Youtube video on June 3rd 2020, I’ve kept a Google Photos album where I keep screenshots of all the positive comments I receive:

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/db/85/db858a9d-1c4f-4993-8042-faa87b9bb3c1/content/images/2023/03/image-17.png)

Proud I've kept up with saving these positive comments

Whenever I feel a bit down, I’d flip through the screenshots and smile at some of the positive and hilarious comments followers have left (I’ll share 3 of my favorite at the very end of this post).

## Showing appreciation and being appreciated

Even before I started Youtube, I actually saved screenshots of positive comments from my peers and managers at work, my professors from college, and of course, my parents.

It took me a while to build this habit (I wouldn’t receive positive comments all that frequently lol) but I highly, highly recommend you to start as early as possible!

This could be “formal” positive feedback from performance reviews at work, or just a casual “thank you” message from Google Chat / Slack.

All too often we forget about all the awesome things we’re doing and focus only on the negatives.

A screenshot is a powerful visual reminder to help you get through a rough day, week, or month.

And of course, don’t forget to show appreciation the next time an opportunity presents itself, you never know how much that might mean to them 😊!

## My 3 favorite screenshots (so far)

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/db/85/db858a9d-1c4f-4993-8042-faa87b9bb3c1/content/images/2023/03/CleanShot-2021-08-03-at-21.54.16@2x.png)

Always nice to see my content actually making a difference

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/db/85/db858a9d-1c4f-4993-8042-faa87b9bb3c1/content/images/2023/03/IMG_4918.jpg)

Laughed out loud at this

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/db/85/db858a9d-1c4f-4993-8042-faa87b9bb3c1/content/images/2023/03/image-19.png)

Email from my colleague at Google!

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