be more optimistic and positive

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I really should work on this. I’m always so focused on the “what if”s in my life instead of what I have at present. I have so many things in life to be grateful and happy about, yet I seem to pay more attention to the things that aren’t so good that I can’t change (such as liking someone, and not knowing if it’ll work out, getting a job, getting my license, my sister). And I think I’d be more happier if I just let go of the little things that bother me, and focus on what makes me happy instead.

Life is too short, do you really want to spend it complaining all the time?! No matter your situation it could ALWAYS be worse. Think about the fact that each day you wake up you get to choose how you want to spend it. If there’s something you don’t like about your life, CHANGE IT!! No one else is going to do it for you.

There are so many things to complain about. No matter how grateful I am for my life, my health, my home, my friends and family, everything, I still find plenty of time to moan about things (why can’t we have casual Friday at work like EVERYONE else in the world does? I hate that my roommate leaves dishes in the sink rather than in the dishwasher. I hate that if there is half an inch of snow on the ground my mailman refuses to deliver my mail, I complain that right before I sold my car it had a flat tire and the tail light went out all at once, like it was intentionally trying to delay the sale.) Anyway, you get the point. I wouldn’t want to hang around with people who were always complaining, so why would I want to be that person?

I was born pessimistic, but I wasn’t always as negative about things as I am now. If I’m not able to turn things around soon, I’m likely to completely withdraw from outside contact. I’m the wet blanket, the cloud that follows you around, the passive-aggressive one skirting along the fringes of the conversation. I know I should be able to do this.