I really need to stop complaining so much when shit goes sideways on me. It never turns out to be as bad as I originally thought (with few exceptions) and I always seem to come up with a solution after I've wasted all this time and energy bitching, whining, crying and moaning.
Then again, maybe I should keep doing it. After all if that one round of venting is enough to clear my head so that I can solve my problems then maybe it's worth it? Hell yeah it is! I mean it never fails, I start bitching in a public forum and then a short time later (a few hours to a day) I figure out how to beat what ailed me. This last time wasn't so fortunate since the end result was not desired but I can think of many, many other times when I was able to overcome what I had started complaining about after I started complaining. Sometimes even people who knew me kept a level head, examined my complaints and offered up a solution I hadn't considered. Either way it was problem solved.
So is complaining actually productive? I guess it can be although it may not be the healthiest way to get things done. In my case though it definitely seems to work so instead of just tossing out the idea perhaps I could just be more careful about how I vent. Why would anyone want to help me if I'm just going to be annoying?
So to anyone I have annoyed I apologize and to all those that have seen through my drama and offered real, practical solutions to my problems I give you thanks. In conclusion I hope to spread the message to all of you that just because someone is complaining doesn't automatically mean they are a drama queen/king or an attention whore. Perhaps they really are just that frustrated and unsure about how to deal with it. :)