This is Optimal Living Daily Episode 2027, changing my attitude, change my life by Joel of 5amjole.com

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Changing my attitude changed my life by Joel of 5amjole.com

November 2009 exactly 10 years ago I was sitting in my tiny apartment on a Friday night

feeling alone and sorry for myself. It had been a long and fee work week and I was exhausted

and frustrated about where I was in life. My friends invited me out to a bar that night.

At first I declined because I didn't want my negativity to put a damper on their night.

Plus I had already convinced myself I wasn't going to have a good time.

But somehow after a while they talked to me into joining them for a quick beer.

By the time I got dressed and made it to the bar it was about 11pm. Yeah, I know. Remember how

awesome your twenties were? When I met my friends they were all pretty drunk. There's nothing

worse than being sober in a room full of drunk people. They compounded my gloomy attitude and

I immediately wanted to leave. But just before walking out I decided to make a change.

Changing my attitude changed my life. Realizing I was the only one in the bar not having fun

I decided to change my attitude. The only thing waiting for me at home was more misery.

Like the flick of a switch I made a conscious decision right then and there to stop looking at

all the bad things around and start looking at all the good things. I'd been grumpy long enough

and it was time to replace negatives with positives. My whole night changed. I saw everything

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