The problem is, I don’t even realize when I’m doing it. I’m trying to be hyper-conscious. I just don’t know where the line between stating a problem (if someone asks, I usually don’t bring it up out of the blue) and whining about something. I know it’s annoying, and I make fun of myself to my close friends when I realize that I’m doing it. I’m just a perfectionist and so it’s easier for me to nit-pick at what’s wrong with my life than to see what’s good. That’s my problem, I suppose. I just need to sit down and focus on the things that are good, or even ‘not bad.’ I’ve noticed that I do it more, since I have a new-ish friend who has made some sarcastic comments about it, and this is what has promted me to really focus on changing. I don’t want to be off-putting to people with whom I haven’t been friends since I was a little kid. I know it’s not an attractive personality trait.

(Was that whiny? probably. Sorry.)