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Mar – No Complaining

“….and she’s ugly”

02 MarchBrooke Ignet Hocker

Mar 1…A Sunday with 4-6 inches of snow.  This month’s goal is to not complain about anything for 31 days.  Like my other goals, I always start with a little pre-work before the first day of the month just to make sure I’m prepared.  The only pre-work required for this goal was to define what Read more

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I hope you don’t text back…then I can complain more…but about you

04 MarchBrooke Ignet Hocker

Mar 3…A typical Tuesday full of meetings and an hour and a half zumba class at night.  Around 4pm I was telling a coworker that today felt so much easier than Sunday and Monday on the no complaining front.  I don’t know if it was that I was too busy to complain, if it was Read more

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As My Voice Gets Softer, Yours Feels Louder

07 MarchBrooke Ignet Hocker

Mar 5…A Thursday with an all day offsite meeting.  I told Chris the last couple of days I may try not checking my phone right when I wake up anymore as I’m normally greeted with emails or facebook posts that leave me tempted to complain about something.  I’ve been as successful at that as I Read more

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Only Pity Parties & Birthday Parties with Your Girlfriends Happen Over Chips & Salsa

10 MarchBrooke Ignet Hocker

Mar 8…Sunday.  Main things on the agenda were yoga with Angela (supporting her 31 days of yoga goal), lunch at NorthStar Cafe, quick scan at the mall for “must haves” (mascara),  grocery, and returning home in time to relieve Chris of his duties of hanging with the guy who was installing our backsplash.  Sidenote – Read more

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How The Lottery Won’t Ruin My Life

11 MarchBrooke Ignet Hocker

Mar 11….our water heater broke.  Well, not so much broke as it is leaking.  This actually happened a few days ago.  Or at least that’s when Chris found the puddle in the basement.  Neither one of us complained about it.  He told me about the water on the floor, I went down and looked at Read more

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Call Mom, Dad, Grandma, text other Grandma, call Dad back, call Mom again

18 MarchBrooke Ignet Hocker

Mar 16…Have you ever experienced a head game at 4:45am?  I have.  It starts when the alarm goes off so you’ll wake up and workout, and it ends at 5:30am when you’ve pushed your limits on the time and you know that your day will be better if you do it but you have zero Read more

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Dragon Time

22 MarchBrooke Ignet Hocker

Mar 19…Thursday with the first 2 hours of work spent in a meeting receiving my 360 feedback.  360 feedback comes from a survey sent out to people that report to you, your peers, your boss, etc where they answer questions about how you are as a leader, coworker, person in general.  2 weeks and 6 Read more

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In The Trenches

26 MarchBrooke Ignet Hocker

Mar 23…I went to the gym at 6am.  My day was full of meetings and my bad mood/frustration on a work assignment from Friday bled into today.  I complained a lot but only to a select few.  I may have even cried a little. Mar 24….Repeat of Monday.  I cancelled every meeting I had in Read more

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Mug Shot Until 2019

29 MarchBrooke Ignet Hocker

Mar 27….Friday and relief finally started to present itself.  My last post referred to a beyond busy work week but thankfully the weight started to lift on Friday.  I started the day at the BMV which is normally a place that breeds complaints.  I couldn’t get passed (passed or past?) the humor of how we Read more

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10 Things I’ve Learned From Not Complaining for 31 Days

31 MarchBrooke Ignet Hocker

Here are 10 things I’ve learned from not complaining for 31 days.  Hopefully they’ll be of value for others attempting the same. The Formula Works – I used my love for psychology/observing trends in social behaviors and a little self reflection to come up with what I believe is the formula for a complaint.  My Read more

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Angela Heck Mueller

Angela is a professional flautist and music educator living in Columbus, Ohio. She enjoys cooking and traveling with her husband, Joe, as well as spending quality time with their two cats, Mo and Stanzi.

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Brooke Ignet Hocker

Brooke spends her days working in the corporate world in downtown Columbus, and spends her nights and weekends working out and practicing yoga. She enjoys writing, trying new restaurants, and shaming Angela for her cat obsession.

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