Today I woke up and looked outside and it was cloudy, +13 (COLD), and dreary outside. It’s August and I always think of August still being warm but not this year. Apparently Edmonton has had a pretty crappy summer this year, the crappiest since the mid 90’s I heard from my brother in-law. So weather usually affects me in a bit way, it determines my attitude sometimes and really can put me in a great mood if its blue skies and sunny and WARM, or a crappy mood if it’s like today. I know it shouldn’t do this but it does and has for years.
I recently heard a audio file or maybe read in a book recently (cannot remember where, doesn’t really matter) about your attitude is what you choose it to be. You are 100% in control of your attitude and how you feel about the things around you. Weather as we all know is out of our control and yet so many people are affected by it. I was so pissy this morning that I went on a tweet tyrant (maybe just one tweet) about how pissy I was and just needed to get it off my chest. Did it do anything? Not really, however it did make me instantly realize what I had just done and how I should be in better control of my attitude. I reflected back on what I had heard/read about how you choose your own attitude.
So I guess that’s my inspiration for this blog entry today and why I’m writing about it. First it’s helping me understand just exactly why my attitude is the way it is, or was. I’ve since changed my attitude this morning. And second what I can do about it. I can continue to be a grump ass and just be pissed at the world because the weather is crappy or I can look on the bright side and choose to have a better attitude about it. Like I’ve said I decided to be a bit more positive about it. So how did I do that?
Well It’s been smoky in Edmonton since Thursday and because it has been cooler it’s been easier to deal with because its not hot and muggy. Smoke + Hot + Muggy = The Suckage. It also rained last night which helped get rid of the smoke and with that makes for a much better day. So I guess there really is a positive in everything. Do I still wish it was hotter, heck yeah. I love the heat and I love summer. Can we do something about that? Yup. In 3 years we plan to move to Kelowna where they actually have a longer summer than in Edmonton and consistently have +30’s and above through the summer. So while I bitch and complain about the weather here (or bitched and complained) I am actually going to do something about that in a few years. 
Its pretty awesome the power of reading as I mentioned in a previous post, it is what has helped me understand a lot about myself and how I deal with certain things. So what I’m really getting at with this whole post is choose your attitude. Is it really worth being all grumpy over something you cannot control? Even if you can control it, is it worth all that energy to be pissy? Nobody wants to hang around a pissy person.
Have a great Sunday!
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My grandmother used to say on a cloudy day, “Oh well, I guess we’ll have to make our own sunshine today”.
I had to be 30 before I understood. I hear you, and I can relate more than you’ll ever know.
Sometimes I look at how lucky I am to be in the position I’m right now, both career & family wise. My family wants for nothing, we go on great trips, my parents are both alive, we have a nice house, and my position in life more than I really had any business asking for.
But I too, get hissy fits (Mrs. Rocket’s name for them) that I sometimes have to make a conscious decision to STFU and and control my emotions so it doesn’t wreck my family’s day.
Good post man, attitude is EVERYTHING.