Related to this is the no-complaining bracelet challenge, which I think has been mentioned here before. I've been doing this challenge, and finding it life-cha

Related to this is the no-complaining bracelet challenge, which I think has been mentioned here before. I've been doing this challenge, and finding it life-changing. The idea is to wear a bracelet, and never complain. If you complain, you must change the bracelet to the other arm. The goal is to go for 30 days straight without complaining. It’s surprisingly hard to do. At first I thought it was stupid, because it’s what going on inside your brain that counts, and not giving it voice surely wouldn’t make any difference. But I found that it makes a huge difference. The act of not complaining, never complaining, retrains your brain to think about what you truly are in control of, and what you are not in control of. It helps translate hardship into either actively making the situation better, or not thinking about it. That’s really all anyone can ever do, but having the option to complain makes that a lot cloudier. Going the full 30 days without complaining, I’ve learned, cannot be done without totally retraining the mind to see life differently. I heartily recommend it to anyone. Keeping a journal about when I complain taught me someone very important about myself that has also helped me cope and not get overwhelmed. The times that I complained, I discovered, tended to be when I hadn’t had enough sleep or food. I’ve structured my life around making sure that I get plenty of sleep, and that I eat regularly. Training myself not to complain has really helped me not get overwhelmed and reduced my stress quite a bit.