Week six

I have continued to benefit from a decrease in complaining, though it does become harder with the cold weather (something I often complain about). Since I am able to pretty effectively control my own complaining at this point, I would like to really start trying to give other people perspective when they are complaining about something. This will be difficult because I don't want to come off as judgmental - sometimes people need to get things off their chest and I don't really have the right to take that opportunity away. So, I will try to focus on the smaller things that people complain about - such as mondays or the weather.

There is a big thing I've noticed as a result of trying to live in the present (not complaining about the past or future and just living moment by moment). I don't generally feel the sense of time moving too slowly or quickly, which is something people tend to say they experience. I often hear "this week is going by so slowly" or "the weekends go by too quickly" etc. I also often hear "wow, it's october already?!?" Since I have been consciously trying to live moment by moment and just take everything in stride, I feel like time moves as it is supposed to. For example, someone exclaimed that it was already halfway through the month on October 15th! So, when I then thought about it, I realized it actually felt like two weeks had gone by since October 1st - it legitimately FELT like the middle of the month! I remember always thinking last year that the middle of the month meant that it was almost the end of the month. That seems so silly now that I realize the middle is just that - the middle! It's not the end and it's still a good week or so from being close to the end. It's just a really cool feeling that time is moving just the way it's supposed to - so I don't feel like I'm being rushed through anything and I don't feel like anything is dragging on - it's just right!