How to be more patient with my family
How I did it: Well, usually when I'm angry with my family, it isn't for something they've done, necessarily, but because of unrelated stress in my life. I by no means will be able to be consistent, but it is nice to know that for the last two months, I've been incredibly patient and I've communicated extremely well with everyone in my family. I'm not as overworked or stressed as I was in the last year, so in the future, I'm going to have to find ways of expressing my anger and frustration in more productive ways, such as explaining why I'm upset or stressed to my family, rather than taking it out on them passive aggressively.
Lessons & tips: Check yourself. When you're feeling angry about something unrelated to your family, but you find you are in a really bad mood, tell them what's going on. At first, I'm angry when I'm explaining something, but then gradually I'm able to see the humor and turn it into a fun anecdote, and sometimes I even get some pretty decent advice. If your problem is that your family is just downright awful, then I don't know what to tell you.
Resources: Watching other people deal with their families. It's a lot easier to think critically of a situation from the outside looking in.
