Finding happiness

You know how it is a vicious cycle: The more you whinge, the unhappier you'll be, so instead of (reading) another negative rant/whinge etc., I would like to share some positive thinking.

In Dale Carnegie's book "How to stop worrying and start living", he wrote about a stenographer whose daily task was to fill out printed forms for oil leases, inserting figures and statistics - boring! She then resolved to make it interesting, by contesting herself everyday: She counted the number of forms she filled out each morning, and then tried to excel that record in the afternoon. This goes on day after day. Soon, she was able to fill out more dull printed forms than any other stenographer in her division. That did not get her any praise nor thanks nor promotion nor increased pay BUT it helped prevent fatigue that is spawned by boredom. "It gave her a mental stimulant. Because she had done her best to make a dull job interesting, she had more energy, more zest, and more happiness out of her leisure hours."

So, try and make use of your situation (whatever it might be) and see the positive sides of all things which will make you happier, and makes you enjoy life more.

She could have just looked for a better job and lived happily ever after...

I have started a tally of shit threads on this forum. I have added this one to my list. Oh, how exciting life can be.

Sounds like that old country song about "Making the Best of a Bad Situation". Gotta find the lyrics/singer/down-load the thing instead of working, it will make me much happier.

This thread is depressing.

I wish that I could find the zest that would turn around the boredom I feel with this job

SIGH! Sounds like you are happier reading negative rants

You should only get upset about things that you cannot change... if you don't like something, do something about it.

Come on guys ... SMILE (it's good for you!)!

coming back to munich on friday after having spent best part of 3 months up here in Hamburg

however just got message from the makler that the flat i thought i had in Haidhausen gone to someone else

cue rant about bar steward maklers who shake on a deal and then renege on it

and, i filled out lot's of forms for him and it didn't make my life happy !

Just start and excel sheet that counts the number of times you get annoyed by a makler stealing your time / energy / money and everything will be hunky dory. Yey!

not sure this computer has the memory capacity to deal with a spread sheet that large

Have you added Bowel movements one too?

i find that going into the bogs at work and having a quick shuffle cheers me up no end.

Psioni, is that you???

Don't forget folks:
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No.

Found happiness and lost it, finders keepers, losers weepers, can't be happy all of the time. That's not normal, either.