just for today

This day exclusively

Just for today is a phrase emphasizing commitment limited to the present day, making difficult changes feel manageable.

It's central to twelve-step recovery programs, where the focus on today—not forever—helps people stay sober one day at a time: Just for today, I won't drink.

The phrase also appears in self-help contexts for any challenging resolution: Just for today, I'll be patient with my kids.

Related

one day at a time · mindfulness · now · mantra · serenity · inner peace · AA · twelve steps · intention · commitment · breathing · letting go · take it easy · fresh start · clean slate · new beginning · morning · resolve

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Opposites
temporal duration

just for todayforever

For all time

permanently · eternally · in perpetuity · always · for all time

temporal commitment

just for todayonce and for all

Finally and permanently

forever and ever · till death do us part · for keeps · irrevocably · for life

temporal scope

just for todayevery day

On all occasions

henceforth · day after day · without exception · universally · at all times

Family

just, today, justly, justice, justify, unjust, justification, justified, justifiable

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Abstract · Everyday, not technical · Rated G