Quit yer whining.

When I told Nick this morning that I was going to try to not complain about anything until Sunday, he thought about it for a minute, grinned and then starting poking me in the ribs until I begged for him to stop.

"You're just taking advantage because I can't complain," I complained.

Nick grinned again. This could be a long week.

Truth be told, I can be a bit of a Negative Nelly. I'm critical ("What were they thinking!?!"), I see the downside a lot ("This kitchen just won't stay clean!!!!"), I get overwhelmed and give up. I think it might partly have something to do with the fact that I usually have such high hopes for both myself and the world around me that I often feel like I'm being let down.

Argh.

So clearly, this kind of malarkey has got to stop. It occurred to me while I was in church yesterday that it's all well and good to make well-intended comments to the teenagers that I work with there about "being the change you want to see" and "taking responsibility for your own happiness", but maybe it would be even better if I tried to take some of my own advice?

Which brings us back to what I was telling Nick this morning: I am not going to complain about anything for an entire week.

Who's with me?


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Comments

  1. I love this! I've already broken it this morning, but I'll try :)

    (but I did have to clean POOP off of our WALLS, so shouldn't that merit some complaining??)

    Okay seriously, all done. Hopefully. :)

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  2. I am sort of with this- but my mouth has a mind of it's own and I like a good moan, but I'll try :)

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  3. Wow. I wish I'd read this at the BEGINNING of this day. I think I gave Bill an earfull on our way home this evening about the Toyota Dealership.

    A week of deliberate non-complaining.

    I like it.

    I'm in!

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  4. Part of not complaining, I think, is serving. When you see something that could be improved or different, try to help fix it! Be motivated instead of criticial, right?

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  5. Bra initiativ, Tamsin! Digger prosjektene dine. Du har en award på bloggen min. ;)

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