Thursday, September 06, 2007

It's not a problem, it's cool, I feel alive

So I've been thinking about trying to cut down on my swearing. I'm not saying that I'll be in Disney language area, I'm just thinking about pulling back out of Quentin Tarentino area is all. Maybe to a nice PG-13 place. I know that they're just words, and swearing doesn't bother me in the least, but I've been thinking lately that if I feel the need to curb it around certain people (aka: someone's grandmother or baby) or in certain places (like the temple or a preschool) then maybe I shouldn't be making with the sailor mouth quite so much. The problem here is that I started swearing when I was 8. The first time I tried to stop I was in 8th grade, which was obviously a dismal failure. I think it's kind of like how when people start smoking too early in their developmental years it's almost impossible for them to stop later. Any tips for me? And, no, I refuse to pop myself with a rubber band every time I swear, so that's already covered.

3 comments:

KieraAnne said...

I found when I tried to cut back on swearing (which goes in cycles) it helps to make myself be around the people/situations in which swearing is unacceptable....then to pretend that the people I'm around the rest of the time feel the same way. So I guess pretend you're always with the bishop, or someones grandma or the temple or something. *shrug*

Joshie said...

I say, start hard-core swearing in church and in front of small children. Then, your everyday swearing won't seem so bad in comparasion. :)

KieraAnne said...

You should write about your Utah weekend. Or something.