You Are Making My Head Hurt!

Long ago, I was having breakfast with a good friend, and I was going on and on about something or the other. He grabbed his head and said, “Stop! You are making my head hurt!” I was stunned, but I realized I was talking non-stop.
Why do we do that to people? I don't know, but I am sure many of you who are reading this are equally as guilty of causing other people to have a headache. Whether it be talking incessantly, talking senselessly, sharing our point of view, or standing our ground on what we perceive to be the most important issue in the world at the moment. If you are guilty of blah, blah, blah, you may have heard phrases like these or used them yourself: 1. Slow your roll 2. Are you listening to yourself talk? 3. It’s my turn to talk 4. You just interrupted me—again! 5. Can you please just be quiet a minute? 6. Give me a break! 7. Say it ain’t so! 8. Are you s-----ing me? 9. Over my dead body 10. When hell freezes over 11. F--- you and the horse you rode in on! 12. You lost me at “hello” 13. Fahgetaboutit 14. Whatever! 15. You don’t know what you are talking about

Surely, no one reading this blog has ever ‘victimized’ someone enough whereby the person must resort to such phrases. But, at least some of us have either been the person who went on and on or the one who was forced to listen to someone else carry on and on. Either way, there is a quick, simple solution. Try it, you will like it!

Squeeze your button!
Sometimes talking is not a good thing and we should be quiet for everybody’s sake. Carrying a button (yes, a button) in your purse, pocket, backpack, briefcase, etc. is one way to gently remind yourself to be silent. Whenever you are tempted to interject your thoughts, stand your ground or out talk someone, give your button a squeeze, and maybe, just maybe, you will not make someone else’s head hurt!