I had an epiphany!!  As I was looking on my kindle to see what book I wanted to read next, I stumbled across this book called A Complaint Free World:  How to Stop Complaining and Start Enjoying the Life You Always Wanted.  So I bought it and I only have read the first two pages but it spurred me into some deep thoughts.

Why I'm stressed and feel the need for stress balls/dolls/cows etc. is self-induced.  I let things get to me because I talk and complain about my situation all the time and it just feeds itself.  Instead of treating my symptoms, I need to treat the cause and the cause is me!  So I am really going to try hard for the next month - 21 days (the time it takes to form/break a habit) to not complain and hopefully by the end of my trial period, I will notice three things.  I won't be as stressed, my blood pressure will go down and hopefully I will be happier and people will want to be around me!  I guess that's four things.

My first switch of the bracelet - and as much as it pains me to write down what I complain about, maybe it will help me after I review these three weeks.

Here goes:

"I hate my hair and how it looks today." - said out loud to myself as I looked at myself in the mirror.  The comment came out before I had a chance to shush myself.

"No one comes to visit me."  - emailed to a co-worker.  Boy, I am seeing a pattern here and it's not flattering.