Nothing to complain about

So.

I have complained/vented a lot recently and it has not gone well in any of the cases. Sure I was a bit less stressed by just talking about it or whatever, but the stress or annoyance is multiplied onto any/everyone that was listening. If you were one of those people, I apologize. I have done some research (basically none, and all the sites were bloggers or comments or a youtube video) and I've come to see that venting is used to constructively deal with stress while complaining is just complaining about things and not doing anything.

Either way I think it can still be annoying or stressful to the people being vented at and at the same time depending on who you are venting to, I can see it being very helpful. Maybe if I ask before I vent and also ask for their opinion or advice on the matters it becomes more of a constructive sympathetic conversation rather than just complaining or talking at someone.

In the part of Sunday school to which I was there Pastor DB talked briefly about habits that we form at work/school, specifically bad ones and what we can do about it. What are some habits you form at work..? At work I have a habit of being 15 minutes late, I don't talk very much, except to certain people, I am focused on getting my job done, but I often complain (sometimes to coworkers, but usually to everyone else) about work in general. At school I complain a lot about TAs... Sure, everyone does, but really, we should be grateful that we have TAs. The lab coordinators wouldn't have time to teach all of us. I should also be more grateful for the job I have, it has been a very flexible schedule that adapts to my varying involvement in school activities and ya, it has got me through so far without having my parents pay me more than they do already.

We really do have a lot more than a lot of people do. We should be very grateful for everything we have not just complain about the little things here and there that bug us.

In any case, I should stop uselessly complaining, or griping as it is also called.

Ttyl.

D.Fa