Using Resources Wisely Series - Part 2 (My New Two Minute Rule)

Everyday I hear people around me talking about how high gas prices are, how intense the political environment is and how the economy is changing their “normal way of life”. Change is upon us. We are all having to get creative with our budgets and alter our habits whether we like it or not. Americans dislike having any limitations put on us. We whine and complain with neighbors and friends about all our problems. Certainly consulting and conferring with each other will make us feel better. Right?

resources I broke my knee recently. Throughout my recovery I have realized things I would have considered problems are just inconveniences. My new perspective has given birth to my new 2 minute rule. It goes like this: I give myself 120 seconds of “poor me” and “my life is so bad” type ranting and complaining. After my little pity party, it is time to move on, end of story.

At my request, my friends are following through on cutting me off abruptly at the one hundred and twentieth second. Any more complaining than that and it clouds the good things in my life. Soon enough I forget what I have going for me and I start to believe what I am complaining about really IS A PROBLEM!

Not walking ever again is a problem. Getting someone to take out my garbage for a few weeks is an inconvenience.

So if you do not have money to pay your bills or a place to live, this may be a problem. Having structured settlement payments or lottery winnings to sell when you are in a financial jam is a blessing. Plenty of people are in a bind with no solutions in site. So if you can’t count your blessings, count your inconveniences…

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