happinessoverhaul

I threw my purple bracelet out of the car window!

Ai-ai-ai... yesterday was emotionally ugly. I can't remember when I last felt this lost! I cried so hard, so long, that I didn't even recognize my own face in the mirror at the end of the day. Today I feel depleted and drained. Numb. Which is better than the intense pain I felt yesterday.

If I say I don't like purple... do I have to switch again?

Our “complaint free world” bracelets came in the mail yesterday. You know, those purple bands for around your wrist, that you are supposed to switch to the other arm every time you complaint, gossip or criticize. I suggest we add “general whining” to the mix.

The challenge is to wear the band around the same wrist for 21 days (meaning you have not uttered a single negative word for 3 whole weeks!). Apparently it takes 21 days to break any habit. And that’s all that complaining is… a nasty habit. I dunno. I kinda like complaining at times.

I open the envelop. Ten purple bands fall out. I put one on. “Djeez… they look so cheap and flimsy”, I say to my husband. He rolls his eyes at me. My first switch!