Stop Complaining in February
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Stop Complaining in February
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#2I started this together with my friend Pieter. Happy to answer any questions you may have. Join us!
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#3Oh the website hurts my eye :-(
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#4What, if a company gives me a faulty product and won't repair it or refund it I can't complain to them? If Congress/Parliament does something absurd we can't contact our MPs/Congressmen?
It's a nice idea, but I don't think this will fly.
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#5What, if a company gives me a faulty product and won't repair it or refund it I can't complain to them? If Congress/Parliament does something absurd we can't contact our MPs/Congressmen? It's a nice idea, but I don't think this will fly.
I don’t want to write out rules or codify behavior with this, so I never wrote this out, but: of course you can still critique things.
I’m a designer, my work consists of giving people critique and telling them what’s wrong with their work, and how to make it better. I couldn’t survive half a day without this.
What this month is about, for me, is getting rid of useless negativity in my life. And that comes from complaining, to a large degree. If you want to tell your congrassman he’s wrong, go for it. If you want to call a company and ask them to repair your product, do it. But stop complaining to your colleagues about the rainy Saturday, and instead tell them about the sunny Sunday that you shared with your friends.
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#6No, it's about things we can't change: "What we want to get rid of in February is venting about things we can’t change."
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#7It is said very well in the Serenity Prayer of Alcoholics Anonymous:
God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, The courage to change the things I can, And the wisdom to know the difference.
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#8Oh the website hurts my eye :-(
It hurts my brain. I'm not going to complain about it though.
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#9If you must complain, do it silently. :)
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#10The thing is, where do we draw the line in "things we cannot change"? Are we supposed to stop complaining about design decisions of some software? About corrupt politics? The noisy neighbour?