Maybe We Should Rethink This 37 Day Thing
I’m thinking 37 hours may be more appropriate. I did rather well for a few hours last night, right up until I called the dog a dumb f***. He wasn’t actually in the bathroom with me, where he had shredded used tissues from the trash. But I did say it out loud and I’m pretty sure that counts as complaining. Then this morning I whined at yoga. Later I gossiped a little. I’m starting to wonder if I shouldn’t have tackled just one vice at a time.
by Lela Davidson on November 2, 2007
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This morning, I said the little prayer… then within thirty minutes, b***’d at my husband about the ever growing honey-do list. I wondered how you were doing. Looks like I was in good company.
I first heard about this on Oprah. A guy (he was a pastor) started this with those rubber bracelets. His church handed them out for free to start a movement of no complaining/whining. You put the bracelet on and if you complain, then you have to move it to the other wrist and start over on your counting. He said it took 37 days to unlearn a bad habit, or change one–so if you make it, you should be good to go after that!
Lindsay
I read about this over on Christine Kane’s blog.
It looks a bit duanting to me.
I am working on my complaining…just one day at time! Without the need of any excel spreadsheets, or the like.
Best to you! Stay positive!
Sylvia C.
Ha! I am with you. I contemplated trying to do this for about 37 seconds and then realized I couldn’t rid myself of so many bad habits at once (especially whining…how would my darling husband know how great he has it right now if I didn’t remind him every once in a while how UNCOMFORTABLE it can be to be carrying HIS child). I say focus on one and if you can eliminate that from your life for even 3 days then consider yourself a success!
It gets easier! First we notice how darned often we slip into negativity, but after a few days of starting over at day 1, it really does get easier…and the transformations begin. I hope you’ll hang in there!