Managing My Inner Complaints

Have you ever heard of ‘A Complaint Free World’ founded by Will Bowen? Here’s an exerpt from the website :

‘Will Bowen is the Lead Minister of One Community Spiritual Center in Kansas City, MO. In July 2006 he suggested his congregation use purple bracelets to monitor their success at eradicating complaining from their lives. His idea exploded around the world and more than 6 million purple Complaint Free bracelets have been sent to people in
over 106 countries.’

For more information click on the link to the website further down the page.

About two years ago I ordered a bracelet to join millions of others who wanted to improve their lives based on Wills philosophy which he has based around Maya Angelou’s philosophy. The idea of the bracelet is to change it from one wrist to another when you catch yourself complaining and gradually become aware of just how much you do complain and as you become more aware, the less you complain.

My Confession

I have to confess, that I haven’t worn the bracelet much because I know I can be a complainer. I hear myself sometimes and just don’t know how to stop and frankly the band was being transferred from wrist to wrist too frequently. You’re supposed to eventually change the habit of complaining and the general consensus is that it takes 21 days to form a new habit. 21 days doesn’t seem much, but I think it is. Oops, there’s a complaint right there or am I just stating how it is for me? It’s a fine line sometimes.

I got to thinking today that seeing as I’m using my MindMovies and big into affirmations these days, why don’t I give my bracelet a go and attempt a complaint free week to start off. I do need some backup on this, however, so I’m inviting you to join me. If you haven’t got the official Complaint Free bracelet pictured above, just grab something to use that can be switched over easily.

Here’s a link to a video with Will Bowen and Maya Angelou. Check it out so you have more of an idea of what I am on about. Better to have it from the horses mouth or do some reading at the main website.

http://www.acomplaintfreeworld.org/maya-angelou-video or go to acomplaintfreeworld.org

Have a great week and by the way, I am treating those complaints that run through my head before speaking about them as complaints, too. I’ve already had a few just whilst writing this post. Time to change the band over to the other wrist.

Let me know if you’re onboard by leaving a comment so we can yak back and forth about it and support one another.

Christine

PS After having posted this, several hours later I watched a video with John Assaraf. Here’s what he has to say about making changes, but more importantly about how long it takes to change a habit. http://bit.ly/aUTrEX Dang! It’s more than 21 days. I have actually also heard recently that it can take 3 plus months! I am not going to complain, I am not going to complain, I am not…Ah, what the heck, that’s a looong time. LOL But not in the scheme of things. Have to keep time in perspective.

photo credit: Azure Begonia

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