Day 16: Real time
Day One: 21 day complaint free journey
Many of you know that I tackled my recurring weight issue in 2009. Not only did I tackle it, I decimated it!
And I did it by thinking about what I was doing BEFORE I did it and then making good choices.
Yesterday morning I realized I was going to have to call my health insurance company. Not only call them, but I was dealing with a bureaucratic situation that has been recurring over a period of about 3 months. Not very successfully, it seems.
As my hand reached to pick up the phone, I stopped. How was I going to approach this conversation without complaining? I have become very assertive in such situations, as you may have guessed from earlier posts on this journey to being complaint free for 21 days.
I mentally laid a plan and then I dialed.
It’s a good thing I had that little conversation with myself, that’s all I can say.
I found out what I needed to know, and I HUNG UP.
Aren’t you proud of me? Me, too….until I just had to tell someone about that situation later in the day. Complete with the whole back story to the failings of the company, the agents I’ve talked to on the phone and a lot of hand waving on my part.
But my weight loss wasn’t a straight line, either. It had ups and downs as I approached the scale every week. I learned to ignore the setbacks.
I’m now a paid weight loss leader with this international company, teaching others how to conquer their issues with food.
I can do the same on this journey to stop being a whiner.
Back to Day One.
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