Did you survive? I have to say the hardest thing in the beginning was figuring out what actually categorized as a complaint.... I would catch myself thinking "Hmmm, did I just complain?" Which is quite sad! I mean, I literally had to re-train the way I thought!
The outcome... I realized that I complain without even realizing it! That it was kind of second nature for me. Eeekkk! Once I became conscious of this, I found myself thinking about everything before I said it and by the end I think I officially turned into a Gandhi! I found myself even taking someone else's complaint and turning it around to show the good points of it instead of focusing on the negative and adding to it! I found myself, just like Joanna said keeping my mouth shut, and I "ended up having much more sparkling conversations instead (which we might not have had otherwise). And a funny note: When you don't complain about something, you weirdly forget about it two seconds later! It has been surprisingly liberating and has made me feel light and cheery." I feel like this challenge has really put things into perspective for me and has shown me how much of a slippery slope it is when you spend your day complaining. So I am excited to hear from you all how it went? What you learned and how it might have affected you?
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