Put a Smile On

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Sometimes I have to remind myself that I don't have to be mad at things, or annoyed. It's my life, I can choose whether or not I'm going to let something bother me. And if it does bother me, I get to do something to change it.

It can be so easy to just get so caught up in thinking, "Ugh, why me?" When, in reality, we have the choice to take control. Yeah, some things are out of our control, but there's still plenty of factors that we get a say in. If we don't like something, we can actively work to change it, instead of sitting around and complaining about it.

This is something I'm still working on a lot. Ask any of my friends, and they'll tell you I'm the queen of complaining. And I know that I definitely tend to get stuck in the mindset of being mad or upset or whatever and stewing over it, when I could be focusing all of that energy on changing it or something that makes me happy. It definitely isn't easy, but in the end, I think it's worth it.

I feel like I should say that I had a perfectly fine day (and I got to Skype a friend!), so specific event happened to inspire this post. 

I just realized this is my second post on the matter... Clearly, this is something I struggle with. XD