“Restart My Day”- But how?

“Mom, I want to restart my day”. These are the first words from my son’s mouth whenever he gets into trouble for doing something wrong or is upset. He used to utter these words quite frequently when he was young, and he meant it literally and wanted to reverse the time. As he grew up, he understood that there was no way it was possible to rewind the time- day, week, or year. However, whenever he hits roadblocks or when things are unfavorable, the first thing that comes to his mind is, “I want to restart my day .” He used to be stuck on his demand of getting the ability to reverse the day somehow. I had intense discussions with him on this, saying it was impossible. He wanted to undo any bad parts and make everything “right.” Well, I understand “Right” is conditional and based only on an individual’s perception. It was illogical, and we can’t go against the physics of time, but it was hard to convince a 6-year-old.

How often has this thought crossed your mind that you could restart your day or life? I have often been through such situations where I wished to rewind the day or start over again. I want a mechanism to erase that part of the day and would like to begin fresh with a new perspective. But is this possible? It’s wishful thinking, but in no way is it practical. I could pretend nothing happened and move on. However, avoiding a tsunami of overthinking in my head is difficult. If you are…