The 20 Minute Rule
This is a great rule to follow and you can teach your children to follow it as well. The sooner you start to learn and use this rule you will be amazed at how much better you will feel.
It is simple.
When you are whinging and upset over something you are allowed 20 minutes to speak and express all your anger, frustration and woe is me over the situation. Make sure you chat with someone who will let you express yourself and then once the 20 minutes is up it is now time to get over it, let it go and move on and re-focus your thoughts onto more constructive and positive ones. You have had your whinge, end of story you must now move on.
NOW don’t you go and find a new person each day to whinge over the same thing all the time because you are not doing yourself any favours and your friends and family will get tired of your whinging. So be strong and realise that you need to let go and learn this 20 minute rule sooner rather than later.
After awhile you may want to change the 20 minute rule with only 10 minutes.
After you have finished your whinge I would then like you to pretend you have a magical eraser in your hand and erase your thoughts and whilst doing that say to yourself as many times as you want " I love you, I'm sorry, forgive me and Thank you."
Remember
“You only have 20 minutes to have a sook so make it a good one and then get over it!”
Love always
Daisysue ![]()