30 Complaint-Free Days 

Day 30

My last blog on being complaint-free.

It has been a relatively easy month to do this because I haven't been at work. That being said, life always has its challenges.

August has certainly zoomed by and I think I have appreciated most of it! Obviously there are always times when things aren't as I would have liked - remember Liskeard?! But there are always lessons in these events. I guess what I have learnt is

• Do things that make me happy
• Consider whether in a year it will still matter - if not then let it go
• Get fit, eat well and get enough rest - in common with most people, I am always in a much better, more positive frame of mind when I am not tired, hungry and feeling less than my best
• Remember that 'it too shall pass' whether it  is the good times or the bad. Change is a given, how I deal with it is up to me. Nothing is permanent. So fully appreciate the good times and savour them.
• Lighten up and see the funny side more

So thank you for reading my blogs/ramblings. I have had fun writing them.

Any ideas for my next blogs? I thought maybe the joys/trials of being a gluten-free vegetarian or progress on my daily steps with my Fitbit and the effect this is having on my health, wellbeing and weight - or should I just stop?!

Happy September - may you have noting to complain about!

30 Complaint-Free Days 

Day 8 and Day 9

Oops - 2 days in 1.

Well, It has been interesting.

I have endeavoured to remain complaint-free.

I have visited a local town and city and found little to buy - in fact only 1 pair of earrings, 2 books and some fudge to be given as a pressie. I am not complaining - in fact I am pleased with myself for seeing things I like but not feeling the need to buy them. 

I am discovering a capacity to like things but have no desire to own them. It is liberating.

Joy of joys - I had an ice cream with a gluten-free cone. I had no idea that they existed. It was lovely. I wonder how long it will be before they are more readily available? For anyone interested it was bought at the Hazlephron shop in Lemon Street Market, Truro.

Another joy was the fact that I have achieved 2 days of more than 15,000 steps each day! Woohoo! I am very pleased. I now need to work on how to fit this level of activity into my daily, working life at home. 

I am enjoying relaxing, walking, reading, eating and drinking - though not the local tap water. Need to buy some fruit tea bags to remedy this as I am aware my water intake had dropped dramatically. 

My only semi-complaint (which is really more of an observation) is that I would prefer a softer mattress on the bed. Bit of a first-world issue, really. So I remind myself that I am very lucky and blessed to have a bed and mattress with duvet, roof over my head and a lovely stone cottage to stay in. That puts it all in perspective.

So, 2 happy days.

No, 2 more happy days, with lots of laughs.

I look forward to today and all the joys and blessings it has in store.

30 Complaint-Free Days 

Day 4

A much better day for complaining. I do believe that the only complaining I did was to myself about myself, which is interesting.

I have been able to accept everything else from everyone else - but not myself.

I suspect most people are the same - kinder to others than they are to themselves. I have read about the way we wouldn't speak to anyone else in the same way we speak to ourselves - and I am doing just that. I am complaining about so many things that I do and how I do them. I eat too much, drink too little water, don't do all the jobs on my list .....

I could go on.

So I clearly need to work out a way to develop tolerance to the fact that I am not perfect and I am doing my best. I wonder how best to do this?

They say that people should talk to themselves in the same way they would talk to a dear friend and be as kind and patient as they would be with that friend. It makes sense because if we can't be our own best friend and show others how to treat us then we can't expect others to treat us well.

I still need to be a little more disciplined though. Trouble is, I am ultra-disciplined when I am working (i would never be able to get to work by 7am or get anything done if I wasn't) but when I am not at work routine and discipline go right out of the window! Hmm.

That needs a bit more contemplation.

On a positive note, my Fitbit seems to be working well. I have done over 20,000 steps over the last 2 days and it doesn't automatically skip to distance now, which is good. I'm still not convinced that it isn't counting my typing and cooking as steps, but we shall see.

And, I came up with a 'recipe' for my own gluten-free cauliflower cheese grills today to use up some leftover cauliflower mash. They were delicious. I will develop the recipe further, but the first attempt was an accidental  success.

Onwards and upwards.