Can You Go 3 Hours Without Negativity?

It sounds so easy! Three house of positive living. Especially for a glass-half-full type of guy like myself.
In actuality, I’ve found that seeing the glass half full or half empty are equally valid perspectives. Both are true, and you can certainly find evidence to support either viewpoint. But by choosing to see the glass as half full, your experience in this universe will be a lot more enjoyable. So why not make the choice for positivity?
At any rate, I decided to challenge my boyfriend and myself to three hours of pure positivity. No negativity, grumbling or complaining. In my three hours of positivity, I noticed three things:
1.I say a lot of negative s***. By bringing awareness to my negativity, I realized how many times I engage in it mindlessly. I complain about this or that, and it’s almost always trivial and pointless. On a number of occasions throughout the three hours, I caught myself about to articulate or ponder something negative. Like how cold it was outside, or how much I didn’t like a song on the radio. I’d hypothesize that most of us are a lot less positive – and a lot more negative – than we think.
2.There’s a lot more silence. Indeed, by eliminating my negative thoughts and articulations, there was a whole lot less chatter. Maybe, on some level, I was using the negativity to fill the silence. But there is great power in silence, and my lack of negativity invited a lot more quiet into my three hours.
3.All that negative s*** is heavy. It felt really freeing being positive, and understanding that even though it might be cold, my time outside is wonderful. That the mounds of snow glistened like diamonds and the world around me is – as always – infinitely beautiful. It was refreshing to breathe new life into that perspective, and my spirit felt 20 or 30 pounds lighter. It’s like an instant spiritual diet.
So, give it a try. Be positive for three hours. That’s my homework for you.

Whether you’re at work, at home, alone or with friends – commit the next three hours to positivity. It’s a glorious and eye-opening experience, and I feel like you owe it to yourself.
Let me know how it goes. Leave a comment or two about your experience, and what you discovered.