No Whining!

Steve Pavlina offers some sage advice for those of us that do with a little less complaining in our lives. I know I spend a lot of time complaining. In How To Stop Complaining, he suggests that our circumstances are our own responsibility:

• If I’m unhappy, it’s because I’m creating it.
• If there’s a problem in the world that bothers me, I’m responsible for fixing it.
• If someone is in need, I’m responsible for helping them.
• If I want something, it’s up to me to achieve it.
• If I want certain people in my life, I must attract and invite them to be with me.
• If I don’t like my present circumstances, I must end them.

He takes a pretty strong stance on the side of personal responsibility. It’s something to think about:

When you catch yourself complaining, stop and ask yourself if you want to continue to deny responsibility for your reality or to allow a bit more responsibility back onto your plate. Maybe you’re ready to assume more responsibility, and maybe you aren’t, but do your best to make that decision consciously. Do you want sympathy for creating what you don’t want, or do you want congratulations for creating what you do want?

Thank you to Kyle over at Lifehacker for turning me on to this excellent post.