Complaining

By choosing to make even one microscopic change today, and another tomorrow, it won't be long until you notice that those minor improvements have actually begun to add up.

By surrendering to the seemingly daily collapse of our failed institutions and societal values, and falling into the failed cycle of blame and complain, you may be dying a death of your own choosing.

Choosing to whine and blame is a choice just as much as choosing to do something about your circumstances, but one is more likely to produce a meaningful result than the other.

To change our complaining habit, we have to adjust how we navigate this cycle. Here are seven steps you can take to stop this habit and regain some of your personal power.

What strikes me most about the Club is the skillful banter between members as they engage in one-downsmanship. How have we become a nation besotted with criticism and complaint over reasoned argument and positive action?

Gratitude seems the most effective, healing state I've found in ten years of studious seeking. In a situation where we find ourselves complaining, the healing reaches into our hearts and everyone nearby.

The more I pondered the question, the more I realized that the way out of my complaints and into a more fulfilling experience involved me doing something about the condition.

I figured I had this in the bag. If I do complain, it's rarely out loud. Then James threw down the gauntlet, saying, "Complaining also happens quietly in your mind and that counts."

There's an organization that is challenging us to go 21 days without a complaint! Can we do it? I'm certainly going to give it a shot.

A Complaint Free World provides purple bracelets which you wear and switch to the other wrist anytime you find yourself complaining, gossiping or criticizing.

As money mistress Suze Orman says, you can't teach abundance if you're broke. And you can't teach merriment if you're feeling drecky. Owning your bitches is the first step to disowning them.