stop offering my opinion when I'm not asked

People still offer me their opinion when I haven’t asked for it.

I can pretty much keep my yap shut these days about most things. When I really want to vent, I use the internet.

‘Cuz you know what? My opinion don’t mean nothin’ to nobody. At least, not my opinion about “big stuff” like The War, “global warming,” or, y’know, “newsworthy” stuff. I don’t have millions of dollars to bribe my way into the inner circles of policy and decision makers, and if I did have millions of dollars, would I waste it on those pathetic parasites and scumbags who are the leaders of the so-called “free world”? I don’t think so!

And I’m finally learning that at work the best policy is to just shut the hell up. In fact, two of us received compliments from our boss last week for our “professional conduct” at a contentious meeting. Our “professional conduct” consisted of not saying a word.

So I suppose, having been praised for “professional conduct” simply by remaining silent, I can legitimately consider this goal accomplished.

Yay!

I’ve been doing better at curbing my tongue. Still, I often, after holding back, end up blurting out opinions that I probably should keep to myself.

My goal here is to never offer an opinion unless directly asked.

There. Now it’s more concrete. I’ll keep trying to keep my yap shut.

I seem to be able to go along for a couple of weeks or so at a time without “volunteering” unsolicited comments. But then I’ll end up blurting out something, usually at a less than opportune moment, that turns out to be, in retrospect, pretty stupid. More practice in keeping my yap shut is definitely in order.

Not being too successful with this one. The problem is mostly genetic makeup: 9/10 sweet mannequin, 1/10 Elizabeth I.