Hello everyone and welcome to my blog! I hope you are all well! This is a follow up from my recent post ‘My Relationship With Negativity’ (check it out if you haven’t already), whereby to try and change my thought process I attempted a no complaining for 24 hours challenge.
So, after reading ‘The 5 Second Rule’ by Mel Robbins, I signed up to her 31 free ‘coaching sessions’ (basically just videos with a little task to do at the end), and the first one was not to complain for 24 hours. Sounds easy, I mean how much does one complain about in 24 hours? I’m going to smash this!
No. Not quite.
Although I did successfully not complain for 24 hours, it wasn’t as easy as I had imagined. When you are actively trying not to complain, it’s so strange just how much you complain about! I was finding myself moaning about little things like the shower leaking, or my partner forgetting to take the bin out. Such trivial things, yet they had a huge impact on my mood. One complaint would lead to another complaint would lead to another.
It really did have an impact on me. I focused on such minor things and forgot what I should be grateful for. I found myself humbling and my mood lifting. Problems can be solved and shouldn’t take precedence over every other thing in your life. Focus, instead, on the positive things. I turned a “I hate that I don’t see my boyfriend as much anymore”, to a “I’m thankful he’s working to support me, and I’m proud that he’s in a job that he adores and deserves”.
Not only does this trick help you feel better, but it will also make your partner/friends/family/whoever feel really great about themselves as well because they feel valued.
I still have my moments, but turning these little minor issues into something to be grateful for has had a massive improvement on my mood.
I challenge all of you to do the no complaining for 24 hours challenge! I’d love to see how you get on!
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Love always, Jodie xx