interrupt less; listen more

I am a nice person. I am a funny person. My friends and family know I love them. People think I’m warm and interesting. But, oh, my gosh, how I do interrupt everyone when they are trying to speak! The less I listen, the more tone deaf I become to my own communication. Luckily, I am very intuitive about people’s reactions to me and so I can tell when I need to shut up. I just can’t tell until I really need to shut up. I do want to hear what people are saying, but I also am compelled to get actively involved with what they are saying. What can I say? I’m one of nine children. It was adaptive at one point in my life. I’m approaching middle age, though, and I need to catch up on my learning from other people. I learn more when I listen. I’d appreciate any ideas on how to how to approach this, besides just resolving to be more aware. I’m so tired of talking.