complain less

Today I was talking to my friend and I realized that I was trying to console him, but instead I depressed him more. I started to talk about my own experiences and I attempted to use them to make him feel good, but it backfired.

Why is it so easy to talk about negative things and so hard to talk about the positive?

I must remember that I lead a wonderful life and that the challenges that I face at work are insignificant.

I did make a good effort not to complain for a couple of months, but I completely blew it for a least the last month and a half.

Lately my complaining it at an all-time high. Crazy things are happening at work and morale is low. I at least need to make an effort to not start the complaining and to try to be more constructive about it.

I have reduced my complaining because, to be honest, I am much happier. However, there are certain people that I tend to complain to. Its not that they are complainers, because not all of them are. Its more that I feel comfortable around them. My husband hears many complaints, but so do my best friends. My best friends and my husband do not deserve to get all of my negative thoughts. They are the ones that should get the positive, fun and enjoyable moments! (Unless, of course, I have a legitable problem and I need their advice or assistance.) I just need to start filtering my complaints and make sure that I am not always dumping them on the same people because they deserve better!

I am struggling with this goal. There are so many reasons to complain at work. Since our builder is taking so long to finish our house, there are many reasons to complain about that as well. Typically several hours will pass without a complaint and then all at once I will complain about everything on the planet. Then I am okay for several more hours. I guess that is better than complaining constantly. But I still need to work on this!

I complain too much. I need to stop this. I probably will talk less. LOL