Day 26

Day 26: Real Time
Day Four: 21 Day Complaint Free Journey


I guess the word that best describes how I’m feeling as I move on to Day 4 is “mellow.”

And, I must admit, “quiet.”

Maybe another tactic to reaching 21 days complaint free is to become a skilled listener. I find that I am listening to others talk a lot more while participating in the conversation a lot less.

My dad was a quiet man. The image that clicks into my mind when I remember him is that of him reading the newspaper. Our family swirled around him, sometimes with a lot of chaos, but he seldom participated in all that. He read.

However, once in a while he’d offer a bit of wisdom, some of which still resonates with me.

“Some people just like to hear themselves talk,” he said one day.

And here I am, the woman who became effusive after middle age and delights in telling people what I think. I seem to have become much too pleased with my own voice, my own opinions.

I made it to Day 4 by reverting to my father’s advice. I’m listening more and talking less.