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Quitting Complaining Cold Turkey

A post from DoubleX Staff:

This morning, I told my kids about the no complaining project, pledged to try it—and then promptly launched into a description of an expense form I had to fill out that was driving me crazy. My husband reminded me of my promise. But my 9-year-old son Eli pointed out that I wasn't whining—I was explaining a problem, and this should be called an "explaint." I like it. I also found that, duly categorized, my rant turned more rational and moderate. I worked myself out of a lather rather than into one ... (Read the rest of this article in DoubleX.)