Day 81

Day 81: Real Time
Day 5: 21 Day Complaint Free Journey



Before I left for last night’s mini-reunion of my writers’ group at a local restaurant, I consciously thought about how I might get into trouble with complaining once we all got together again. I planned how I was going to react by slowing down my response times during the conversations that were sure to swirl around the table.

And it worked. I listened more than I talked, and I didn’t interrupt with my own tales about trials I had faced since we had last seen one another. I didn’t get caught in the trap of jumping off from someone else’s complaint smack into a pool of my own muck, splashing everyone with the goop of communal grousing.

The result for me was a calmer evening. It was an enjoyable time with people who share similar interests, without rehashing the many difficulties we have surely all faced in the past year.

Day 5 ahead………..