One of the biggest lies people live by is this one: if I do not feel right, today does not count the same.
That lie does damage.
It teaches people to wait for a supportive mood before they act, as if standards only matter when the mind is calm, the body is energized, and emotion is cooperating. But the whole point of a standard is that it keeps standing when your mood does not. Otherwise, it is not a standard. It is a preference that depends on conditions.
That is why bad days matter so much. Not because they are special. Because they expose who is really in charge.
When mood says back off, loosen up, skip it, or do it tomorrow, and you hold the line anyway, that is where self-trust starts getting earned.
More here in the latest Recovery Standard: https://jimlunsford.com/recovery-standard-standards-beat-mood/