What Are “Off Days” and Why Do We Have Them?
Not to be mistaken for the well-loved, much more alluring days off
Off days. Bad days. Poor-performance days. Write-off-days (the extended version).
There’s a number of aliases for this little butthole. But regardless of it’s name or what time it shows up at the front door that morning, we’ve all encountered it. We’ve all greeted it, groggily-eyed and miserable, an uninvited visitor who makes himself at home, anyway.
But, what is an off-day? I hear you asking, eyebrow raised in curiosity.
As opposed to it’s preferred, much favoured on day, an off day is literally just that. A day — or maybe a month, a week, or simply four and a half minutes — where things aren’t going quite right.
The Case Studies
You’re a footballer, a renowned one, who is always at the peak of your performance, captain of your team and hero of your supporters. You train tirelessly all week, as you have done for years. Dedication and perseverance are the names of your football boots. But for some reason, this Saturday, it’s twenty minutes in to your 3pm kick-off and you absolutely suck. It’s like you’ve just dipped your feet into a tin of tuna that’s been sat out in the sun for a couple decades, because you’re stinking…
