Complaining

So I realized that I spend over 50 percent of my time complaining about something. From my job to my friends to my family. I even started reading this book "A Complaint Free World" by Will Bowen. The book is good, but boring. I can't seem to focus when I am reading it. See-COMPLAINING about a book on how to stop COMPLAINING! With this book they have this bracelet that you move back and forth from one wrist to another every time you complain, in hope that you'll realize how often you move it and it will help you stop. I have to admit, I never bought the bracelet. I should buy one, but I haven't. I know that I have this issue, I am never content, even when I think I am content I can always find something in any situation to complain about.

So today, I was thinking that I spend too much time complaining, I am blogging, complaining about how much time I spend complaining. It is a viscous cycle. If I directed all the energy that I waste complaining, and using it towards doing something productive like working out, reading, finishing projects that I've told people I would do but haven't yet...I would feel better. So that's my goal.

Hopefully I will start enjoying life more and complain less.

Loyal Dogs

Dogs are so loyal. They never leave you. When your upset they're there, when you are tired they're there, when you are sick of humans they're there. It's amazing how good of a friend dogs can be. They never talk back or disagree, they just love you unconditionally. Wouldn't it be great if all friends were like dogs?

Just something to think about!!

One day at a time...

Every day I look at my work To Do list and my home To Do list, both at which I panic about getting done. There are not enough hours in the day to do everything I want to do, and if there were I do not think I would have enough energy to do it all. When I push myself at work, I find myself too tired to do things at home. When I push myself at home I am too tired to do my work at work! It's a never-ending battle.

I realize very quickly that I have to just take life one day a time. Life is too short to worry about what gets done and how fast it gets done.

To end a quote from my FAVORITE TV show MASH:

"Take my advice, pull down your pants and slide on the ice"

Life After College...

Can you believe it? I survived college, and now I am in the "real world". How scary is that? At one time when I thought the scariest thing was a final, boy was I wrong. I am currently working at a local PR firm, as an assistant account executive. Talk about a tongue twister! What the heck is an assistant account executive? Basically I assist the other account reps with our clients, and one day hopefully I will get some of my own clients. You know part of me thought that once I graduated life would be so much easier, boy was I wrong! I enjoy working, but I miss the interaction with my classmates, spring break, summer break, winter break and snow days. I miss having that set schedule knowing what your day would be like, being able to zone out during class, skip class when I was tired or sick or just didn't want to go. But I don't miss finals or those pop quizzes. You spend 22 or in my case 24 years of your life learning, in school in classes, and then once your done you are suppose to know what you want to do for the rest of your life? How crazy is that? Everything in life you must take in stride, there is always something new to learn. Now that I am out, I want to go back to figure out what else I am missing.

All in all I like my job, my family, my friends and my roommate. Life could be better but it could be much worse. I am just grateful for the time I have right now, because I will not get it back.

My advise, make the most of each moment, live for today, you never know when it's your last.