Day 82

Day 82: Real Time
Day 1: 21 Day Complaint Free Journey




OK, help me out here. I got on Facebook yesterday after a computer-less week at home, and started scrolling down to read what my friends have been up to. Several of them are active in topics of interest to me, such as the state of education, politics, or business in my community. Not mutually exclusive topics, I realize, but these folks usually concentrate on one or the other.

One who focuses on business and politics, though, posted a link to an article about a recent court decision. It was like someone threw a match on my head and I burst into flames. (Many of you who know me personally have probably seen this happen to me.) I immediately typed a comment that said, “Search for George Carlin’s final performance on YouTube. Enough said.”

I hit “Enter” and my words appeared magically on the screen for all my friends to read. And then I realized that I had complained, albeit through a back door into a room populated by everyone who knows about Carlin’s performance and his message.

Then I realized I was going to have to sit down here today and admit that I had to go back to Day 1 AGAIN.

Don’t I?

Would you categorize that as a complaint? Or am I being too hard on myself (which might account for the fact that I’ve been trying for 81 days to accomplish 21 complaint-free in a row.)

All I can do is recall Will Bowen’s words, though: If you think it might have been a complaint, it probably was.

Day 1.

(Unless enough of you weigh in otherwise).