I love a good rant every once in a while. The kind of rant where you are talking to a good friend you trust, roasting everyone in your daily life, complaining about all of the little things that went wrong in your day, and not saying a single positive thing about your day. I get it. We all have bad days, weeks, months, and years. When you have a rant where you just get everything out and leave it all on the table, that's what you need to do: leave it there.

We have a tendency to focus on the negative and blame our situation or surroundings for bringing about an outcome that we don't want.

You may not have control over a situation, but you do have control over your attitude.

It takes an incredible amount of energy and thought to be angry and negative constantly. For those of you who do it, kudos to you for being able to get through your life that way. If you are tired of being tired and upset constantly, try being positive for a change.

When you are constantly negative, you are doing everything you can to stay negative and find more faults in your daily life. As a result, you're going to be constantly unhappy. When you find what is positive and have better control over your attitude, you'll be able to see the wonderful things and people your life does have to offer you.

Think about it this way: if you woke up tomorrow and didn't have a single person, circumstance, or object that you did not express gratitude for, what you would you have left?

We need to be more aware of the good things we have in our lives and let the negative work itself out. I'm in no way saying that you can't ever be negative or express annoyance with something, but I will say do not linger in negativity. Once you get started, you'll probably just keep going until everything about your situation appears negative and you feel as if there is nothing you can do about it.

You cannot harbor negativity throughout your daily life. You can, it's just going to make you more exhausted and upset. Find a way to be grateful for the things that you do have and the people who care about you. You may feel like you have no control over your situation, but you always have control over your attitude and how you choose to react.