The Daily Bullshit Filter™ – Your No-Fluff Emotional Weather Report
The Daily Bullshit Filter™
I don’t want to feel like shit. I don’t want you to feel like shit. This page is your daily “how am I, really?” check-in – for when life is lifing and your brain is doing the absolute most.
- Scroll to Step 1: Check Your Weather and pick what feels most like you today.
- Follow the prompt, grab your tiny mission and kindness prescription.
- Steal a line from the Power Line Bank and carry it through your day.
Bookmark this. Stick it on your home screen. Open it in Tesco car parks, London trains, quiet kitchens, and noisy brains.
Check your emotional weather (no lying to yourself)
You don’t have to have the right words. Just get close enough. Right now, today, in this exact moment – which one hits?
Honest check-ins are not “being negative”. They’re being awake. You can’t filter the bullshit if you pretend it isn’t there.
Name the bullshit out loud
You don’t have to trauma-dump your life story. Just give your brain a headline. Use this little script and fill in the blanks:
Examples:
- Money chaos: “I feel scared and pissed off about money today. That makes sense because everything is expensive and I’m doing this on my own.”
- Relationship / ex drama: “I feel angry and tired about my ex. That makes sense because I spent years being treated like shit and my body remembers.”
- General life overload: “I feel overwhelmed by all of it. That makes sense because I have a lot on, not enough support, and 19 tabs open in my head.”
That’s it. You’ve already shifted from “I’m a mess” to “This is a lot, and it makes sense.” Different energy.
Pick your tiny mission for today
Now we’re not fixing your whole personality. We’re picking one tiny mission that supports the human you are today – in London, Leeds, Glasgow, Cardiff, or your random village with one bus a day.
If you picked “☁ Meh / Flat”
- Mission: Add one tiny spark – music, sunlight, or a 5-minute tidy of one small corner.
- Boundary: No spiralling about “what’s the point?”. Today’s point is: survive the day with gentleness.
If you picked “🔥 Overwhelmed”
- Mission: Choose one thing that actually matters today. Not ten. One.
- Boundary: You are not allowed to bully yourself about the things you can’t do yet.
If you picked “💣 Anxious / Panicky”
- Mission: Get your body involved – walk, stretch, or shake your hands out for 30–60 seconds.
- Boundary: No reading your own mind as if it’s the news. Thoughts ≠ facts.
If you picked “🧊 Numb / Checked out”
- Mission: Notice three things you can see, two you can feel, one you can hear. That’s all.
- Boundary: No shaming yourself for “not feeling enough”. Numb is a feeling too. It’s protection.
If you picked “😭 Heart-Heavy”
- Mission: Give the feeling somewhere safe to land – a note in your phone, tears in the shower, or a message to a safe person.
- Boundary: You are not allowed to decide you’re unlovable today. That’s banned.
If you picked “💪 Quietly Determined”
- Mission: Choose one meaningful step towards your future self (money, health, freedom, whatever your thing is).
- Boundary: Don’t doom-scroll your momentum away. Guard your energy like it owes you rent.
If you picked “✨ Kinda Okay Actually”
- Mission: Protect the calm. Hydrate, move a bit, do one grown-up thing Future You will thank you for.
- Boundary: No searching for problems to justify feeling bad. You’re allowed a decent day.
Your kindness prescription (take daily, no side effects)
Pick one from the list below. If you’re extra chaotic, pick two. This is how you quietly rewire your brain away from self-destruction and towards self-support.
- Drink a full glass of water like it’s an act of rebellion.
- Eat something that didn’t come out of a packet, even if it’s just an apple or a handful of frozen peas you microwaved.
- Step outside for 60 seconds. Balcony, doorstep, garden, car park – doesn’t matter.
- Put your phone down and breathe in for 4, out for 6, three times.
- Message one person who feels safe: “Brain is loud, just saying hi.”
- Clear one small surface – bedside table, one chair, one bit of the kitchen counter.
- Write one sentence to yourself: “Today I am proud of myself for…” and fill in anything, no matter how tiny.
None of this looks glamorous on Instagram. All of it helps your nervous system clock that you are trying – and trying counts.
Power line bank (pick one & carry it)
You don’t need a full affirmation script. You just need one sentence that feels truer than the bullshit in your head. Pick one:
Screenshot this section. Use it as a wallpaper. Whisper one line to yourself on the bus, in the car, in bed, in the work toilet. This is how you quietly become someone who has your own back.
If today is a mental health emergency
If you’re reading this and thinking anything like “I don’t want to be here” or “Everyone would be better off without me” – this is not a “just do a little ritual” situation.
You deserve real, human support – not just a sweary blog page.
Please reach out to:
- A GP or mental health professional in your area.
- A trusted friend or family member – send a simple “I’m not okay, can we talk?” message.
- In the UK, you can contact helplines like Samaritans (call 116 123) or other crisis services in your country.
You are not weak for needing help. You are a human nervous system doing its absolute best with too much on its plate.
FAQ: Can I really use this every day?
Yes. That’s the whole point.
This page is designed to be your emotional weather app. You can open it:
- first thing in the morning,
- midday when everything feels like a lot,
- in the evening when your brain starts the “you’re failing at life” monologue,
- and any random time you’re just Not Okay™ for reasons you cannot explain.
Every visit, you:
- check your emotional weather,
- name the bullshit,
- pick one tiny mission,
- do one kind thing,
- grab one power line.
That’s it. That’s how you quietly move from chaos to support – without pretending your life is perfect, and without abandoning yourself when it isn’t.
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