elcheung feeling happy and sane.
I’m learning how to swear in French… it’s a bit better because then people will just not understand it as such… and just think you’re muttering to yourself.
Monika really need to clean up her act and try to focus on her GOALS IN LIFE
How I did it: I wasnt that type of person who sweared alot to people. Im not that aggresive if people kept calling me names... actually i laugh at it and calls myself names too hehehe ... I dont see no point in people swearing at each other for no reason... Read how I did it…
How I did it: Trying to say things using other words. I realized that I was saying bad words because I wanted other people like me, but that's totally wrong, I want people love me for what/how I am :) Read how I did it…
funkystarfish85 getting up to date with my goals!
How I did it: I stuck an elastic band around my wrist and every time i swore i pinged it. Basically i now associate pain with swearing and dont do it nearly so often. I'm getting better but its gonna take time, so i'm keeping the elastic band on until its gone for good. Read how I did it…
trekster is not sleeping well.
How I did it: I started to put a quarter into a jar every time I caught myself, and I already had disciplined myself not to swear around kids (I teach high school), so it came down to times when I was hanging out with friends. The less you use swear words, the more you notice when they are used - and the more uncomfortable I got listening to some of my friends! Be careful, because if you're like me, I lose track and start talking like my fr… Read how I did it…
How I did it: i just thought for 3 seconds before i said ANYTHING and it helped.i quickly realised that the reason i used to swear soo much in day-to-day convo was because i would not think enough about what i was going to say and used swear words to close gaps and unneccesarily emphasize certain words Read how I did it…
elcheung feeling happy and sane.
I’m learning how to swear in French… it’s a bit better because then people will just not understand it as such… and just think you’re muttering to yourself.
Thanks to whoever suggested it here..
Well.. I was doing a thing where I’d pen little dots on my arm every time I swore and pay it back at the end of the day (10c each) but that got a bit awkward and difficult to track after a week or two weeks so I’m not sure if I’ve had much progress. I just shrug and put heaps of money in my ‘stop bl**dy swearing!’ jar. At least some charity will be pleased!
Also, I’ve increased my usage of the words ‘Gosh’, ‘Wow’ and ‘Yikes’. :)
elcheung feeling happy and sane.
my son just said, that was fucking scary…ugggggg… I’m warping my kids
Figalilly is flowing with the Force
I’ve ditched using the basic naughty words and am now tackling the ever popular “Oh my gawd!”. That one’s tricky. It’s not one I’ve ever had to censure myself around youngsters or oldsters, so it’s become far more entrenched in my brain.
Luckily, Get Fuzzy has come through for me.
“Sweet raisin danish!”
It’s so much fun to say, it’s already becoming automatic!
5:00, woken earlier by cats. Decided instead of getting back to sleep I would try to get some early morning work done, when I got to my computer, found another cat sitting in my chair.
Went to great effort to slowly move the chair over without making enough sound to wake up Aimée. Only AFTER I’d finished moving the chair over and sat down in a much less comfortable one did Fran jump off the chair, usually a sign that she’s about to start squeaking, which often DOES wake Aimée up.
Swore under my breath before I realized it.
I think I’m finding it easier to catch myself beforehand, though I have yet to have a major challenge to test that. The few minor ones (tripping in the middle of the night over our Ottoman, driving, forgetting to do things) have been manageable. I think I’m also getting a bit better at catching myself when I get into a swearing mood, and altering the mood itself. It’s not that I don’t get angry or frustrated, just that I get OUT of feeling that way a little quicker.
Yesterday went well. One jeebus, nothing else to my recollection. Twice managed to catch myself moving into swearing mode, managed to notice and curtail beforehand each time, which feels great.
Figalilly is flowing with the Force
There’s so many fantastic words I can express myself with, ones that are more forthright and specific, but I’ve gotten lazy and just allowed myself to swear as a shortcut to self-expression. Ick.
It’s time to go dig through my thesaurus and find some new and interesting words to use instead of cussin’.
So far, so good, give or take 2 mild jeebus-related stumblings yesterday. So far, I think driving is my biggest danger zone.
It’s interesting differentiating two areas to work on:
- Actually swearing
- Getting in to the mode of speaking angrily about things.
I want to work on both, but will consider this challenge to be the former.
So far so good: two days of tootling around LA with the attendent stresses, and no swearing, except a bit in my mind.
I think the batch of latest dreams has been helpful in energizing me to get back on track in improving myself.
I think the next big challenge will be once I’m back in my normal environment, particularly on Lonsword nights, as it’s easy to swear in the heat of the moment after a good finger mashing.
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Nugi asks,
“I'm going to put a armband on or something to remind me :P”
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St. Louis
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beautifulmistakes716 asks,
“What's the best way to make yourself stop. When I swear it's not because I've thought out what I'm going to say, it's because I'm mad or something's wrong. It just comes out...”
— 3 years ago |
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Emily asks,
“Does "damn" count?”
— 3 years ago |
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