How to Stop Yourself from Gossiping
Gossiping is one of the most purposeless and useless activities that all men and women find interesting, although women are labelled compulsive gossiping folks. The discussion in a rather suspicious mood goes on and on, and at the end persons involved find no clue where their discussions have led to. One of the primary contributing factors is availability of free time. For example, an housewife might find some good time to gossip with her neighbour of a similar rank for hours. You can get rid of this habit by staying busy.
Instructions
-
1
Get Busy
If you have developed a compulsive gossiping behaviour, start getting yourself busy. You can pay a visit to your local market, try start reading something or spend more time playing with your children. You may also take a part-time job near your house, and this should help you stop gossiping until you are off the habit completely. It is possible that you find gossiping boring, given it is an endless activity, so getting busy can help you find a solution for it. -
2
Avoid Gossiping People
If you have people around you who like to gossip, try to start avoiding them. Some people have a habit of finding a like-minded person to start talking about matters of other people, their choices and behaviours. They sometime go on accusing even closer friends and find it interesting to discuss negative about them. Avoid such people so much that they themselves realise that you are not interested in gossiping anymore. -
3
Find Positive Discussions Topics
If you have a group of people around you who love gossiping and you cannot just find a way to stop them from it, plan a way out for this. For example, you can discuss this matter with one of your close friends and talk out a strategy to change this. One way is to start throwing some healthy topics of discussion among the group. You can do this by talking about the matters such as sports or any other activity and then gradually people will follow you. Stop or even snub the person who find a way to accuse someone around you, and they will suddenly know that the habit is very bad and will stop doing so. -
4
Start Some Activity
If your friends circle just cannot help stop gossiping, discuss with them the idea of playing some indoor games. This should be a better way to spend quality spare time. You should bring some games at the place where your group gathers and this might help change the pattern of gathering.
