Be More Positive
I've come to realize of late that I am becoming more negative about my whole life situation. I hold anger inside over so many things, big and small, that it turns me into a seething cesspool of rage. I feel that I am starting to take some of this bitterness out on friends and family around me. That can get ugly fast, so I am going to take better time to reassess these things and put them into two categories :
1. Deal With It or Get Over It
If something that is bothering me is beyond my control, then I need to deal and move on. Harping on something and continually digging it back up will just further frustrate me. I will do my best to overcome large obstacles, and then move on knowing that I did indeed do my best and move forward.
2. Don't Sweat the Small Stuff
Little things that happen over the coarse of a lifetime need to be kept in perspective and not allowed to boil out of control. I have a bad habit of letting a pile of little things build up around me and smother me. Being more aggressive about dealing with these things as they happen will thwart any chance of a meltdown in the future. If any of these little problems resurface frequently, then they may need to get moved to #1 and have more effort put into them.
I need to spend some time each day counting the blessings I have around me. I have a good job, great friends and an amazing family. There are people in the world in much worse situations than my own and it really is petty of me to gripe over little things. When something like Haiti comes along, it serves purpose to keep reality in check.
I don't think that I will ever become that really annoying happy guy that people hate at their jobs (with 15 pieces of flair), but I do vow to never be a source of negative energy for others.
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