Day 59

Day 59: Real Time
Day 3: 21 Day Complaint Free Journey


My dreaded meeting yesterday went fine. I prevailed, and did it with no complaints and (little) agitation.

Later during the day when folks who know the situation asked me how it went, I answered with a positive, “Fine,” and then moved on to other, less dangerous topics.

I guess the pre-planning helped, right?

When we talk to our children, we emphasize how important practice is to anything we want to master. Playing a flute, kicking a soccer ball, hitting a ball, doing algebra…all of it takes a great deal of practice.

I felt defeated yesterday, truly down at the mouth about this attempt to become complaint-free. And then I again listened to a tape in my head of talking to my own daughter about practice, about persistence, about keeping the goal in sight.

Therefore, I’m on to Day 3!