Had a bad slip
4 days ago
with the H, led to a fight. I think if I’d let him finish what he was saying without interjecting, would have worked out better. I haven’t apologized, but I probably should.
How to stop interrupting people
It made me
feel accomplished. 
"I had to teach myself to be more concious of my issue, before I could fix it."
How I did it: I first had to come to the realization that what I have to say often isn't really important enough to interrupt someone. Unless someone is bleeding or dying or about to get hurt- my thoughts can wait. I realized that a lot of time, my concerns existed within the idea that I would forget what I meant to say. I realized that if I simply stopped assuming I would forget- I could typically hold onto my thought long enough to let someone else finish their sentance. Completing this goal also helped me realize that sometimes other people just talk to hear themselves, and that I am no good being like that...so I have officially quit. I always heed and let others have their say. It is more useful this way. It gives you time to think before you speak.
Lessons & tips: Just stop and breathe. Don't be rushed in a conversation. Part of not interrupting people is realizing that it doesn't always matter who's right, or what's right... and that getting it out "quicker" doesn't make the conversation or speech more effective.
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waiting to talk, or actually listening?
4 weeks ago
I don’t actually interrupt people so very often, but.. it’s always a struggle. Not good. N°1: I used to be a shy kid (school years weren’t so happy for me – they practically shut me up). As I got older, I learned that to be so taciturn put me at a disadvantage in many areas of life, tried to force myself to talk more, and, lo and behold!, nowadays I’m afraid that I babble. N°2: What do you when you already know what someone’s going to say? N°3: Terribly impatient. N°4: I like a lively debate. I myself don’t really mind interruptions in certain situations. But I know everyone else does. ;)
There’s this quote from Reality Bites which I can’t put together right now and M. still has the tape. Argh.
Another way I'm working
1 month ago
on being responsible for my verbal conduct and environment, and learning to treat others with more respect.
HelenofTroy7 is an undercover angel
New Years Goal
10 months ago
Today is Dec. 31st and my New Years Goal is to STOP INTERRUPTING PEOPLE. I was a shy person growing up so part of my problem is I am finally talking and I want everyone to hear. Plus I am affraid I’ll forget what I want to say, so I interupt the person and then they get upset and so do I. I’ve tried to stop before. I hope since this is the beginning of 2009 I can really get ahold of this issue and just STOP it once and for all!
YesYourMajesty If you want to walk on water, you've got to get out of the boat!
Untitled
11 months ago
I realized a few years ago that I do this. I get so excited about what I have to say that I lose all sense of conversational decency and just verbally overpower whoever I’m talking to.
I’m trying to let people talk. I know that if it’s a serious subject like a death, or a family emergency I can count on myself to shut up and listen. But it’s the times of light-hearted, energetic conversation with friends that I bulldoze right along with some stupid story about me or something I_ did or someone _I know who did the same thing… Geez, I would find me really annoying.
I don’t believe that what I have to say is more important or better than what they have to say. I think I sometimes finish other people’s sentances so they can see how well I understand where it is they’re coming from. (“Ooh, Look! I am so into what you’re saying that we’re like one mind… I know exactly what you’re saying!”) Yes, I would find me really annoying!
gettinglost off to start a new life in LA!!!
I always speak before I speak
14 months ago
I’m really high strung. I’m a gemini. Talkative. I try to curb it. Want to lay back and let other people have a say…
Untitled
14 months ago
I tend to find myself interupting people when I need something done. I am impatient and want to complete my task at hand. I have ADD so I fight to stay focused but sometimes I get so hyper focused, trying to compensate for my ADD, that I fail to see what is happening around me. This is hurting my job. I really want to correct this bad habit. Any advice.
clubcrackers On the finest of cotton and the hippest of brands, in bolder letters.
I can't seem to keep
16 months ago
my mouth shut for very long, and about the most inane things, too.
I always interrupt someone in the middle of a sentence. We end up talking briefly about whatever it is that I’ve brought up and, seconds later, I always end up saying, “Anyway, sorry, you were saying before I interrupted you..?”
I do this every fucking day, to everyone.
No more.
