It takes 21 days to make a habit

I keep seeing the Vector commercials everywhere on YouTube, and I keep hearing that line, "it takes 21 days to make a habit." Which is kind of nice because I keep beating myself up over simple slip ups. I need to keep reminding myself that change isn't going to happen over night, it takes time and commitment.

Which is the reason I should be really happy about a small victory I had recently. I had an anxiety attack at work a few days back. Which at first was extremely upsetting, and felt to me like a huge catastrophic setback. I hadn't had a full scale attack in months, and I thought I was "better." I had to take a step back and remind myself that this is a life-long illness. It's not a flu that you wait out, it's something that's always going to be a part of me. So I realized that the attack itself sucked for sure, but I could change how I handled it. Never have I had an attack at work before, in the past I've always been able to hold it off until I got home, or at least in the car. But this one happened in the middle of a shift. I had amazing co-workers who helped get me home. Home afterwards is where I usually break down after. I had a massive junk food binge in between all of the crying and hyperventilating and so on. Which completely sucked, and brought on another anxiety attack about my lack of control over my body. When all of that was done I slept for about 12 hours straight. And the next day I went back to work. Which for me is amazing. It might sound small to any of you reading this, but any other time I've had an anxiety or panic attack related to work or school I just up and quit or drop out. But I went back.