I think one thing about myself is that I need to work on changing my attitude about some things. The text talks about developing a Playful Attitude and, though I do this for other situations, I do tend to allow a certain situation to ruin my fun because I am too worried about everything that could go wrong or has gone wrong. Also, if I am put into certain situations and don't feel comfortable just saying "no," then I will end up resenting the person who made the original plans.
For example, I am visiting some family out of state right now. My cousin asked me if I wanted to hang out with a guy she works with and her because "he wanted to meet me." Although I knew this was a lie and it was just an excuse for him to hang out with my cousin because he likes her, I agreed.
The entire night I was the awkward third wheel. I felt totally uncomfortable because she wasn't being herself because she was trying to hard to impress him so I felt like I couldn't be myself. The were really cuddly all night and, frankly, I was really pissed off all night.
I should have just joined in the fun and kept myself occupied instead of being bitter.
I can definitely relate to this post. My best friend and I were having a conversation about this earlier today. My friend is usually really bubbly and friendly, but if she is not having a good time she becomes a totally different person. Sometimes she can be so rude, I do not like to bring her around my friends. One night we were supposed to go to a party but plans kept changing and things did not work out. Instead of having a playful attitude and accepting the new changes in our plans, she was totally rude to my friends. I was so embarrassed by how childish she was acting and kept apologizing to my friends the whole night. Her negative attitude made me not want to bring her around my other friends anymore. However, she told me that she is working on having a more positive or playful attitude when something isn't going exactly as planned.
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