I wouldn't say I was that of a troublesome child when I was growing up, but I did have one habit that often got me into trouble as a child back then. It was a bit difficult to get rid of this habit, but I finally did, especially when maturity came knocking and I began to understand life better and also hid from the corrections and discipline of my parents.
Everyone has a unique lifestyle they are known for; we also have different personalities, and this personality defines us. As for me, I was this social kind of girl who easily associated with people around me, excluding the non-vibrant ones, lolz. I didn't just like those kinds of people that are bored to stay with; I always wanted to be lively and have something hot to gist about or play about with my fellow children in the same category. Just call me an overly extrovert or a hyperactive child? It was just too extreme. My extroverted nature did get me into trouble in the aspect of my speech. I was literally a talkative person who said all I heard to my friends.
Mum always reminded me to think before I speak, explaining that not every piece of information needs to be shared, but I never saw reasons to listen to her. I could talk like a parrot without sparring anything in me. Sharing something sensitive where I am means that people you may not want to hear about such information may end up hearing it. God, it was a bad habit I am not proud of discussing; however, I can boldly talk about it because it's my past life and I overcame the habit completely.
Sometimes, it's little things that push someone into changes, right? Either for good or bad anyway. There's this family good news that came bestowed on my family that year, and for reasons, my parents didn't want the members of our extended family to know about it immediately until the time mom felt was ripe. However, all my siblings were already aware except me. It was until when the news became very ripe and worthy to be told to other relatives that I got to know.
What surprised me was that my other siblings have been aware, and I felt really like an outcast. I politely confronted my mom to explain such actions from her. To my greatest chagrin, she said that our family decided to keep this information away from me when things were still processing due to my talkative nature and how I would just disclose everything when it wasn't the right time.
Trust me, this particular experience went straight to my cerebrum, and I was thinking wild. I felt that I have failed as a person, and I am a disappointment... I told myself that if my family can't trust me with information, then outsiders will be running away from me. I took a deeper reflection of these things and changed, which remained very vital.
The negative effect of this habit affected me emotionally as a person, and the more I grew, I began to see reasons why I should have listened to Mom initially. I tamed my tongue and began to be very intentional with what I say out there. I learned to think and cross-think before actions. I didn't know when the habit finally left me, but I did make a good effort, and today I can keep information secured for as long as you want it and have remained careful of what I say and whom I say it to.
This is my response to the hive naija weekly prompt
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I was also this kind of person. But just that i am an ambivert. I love talking alot and it lead to me spill out some certain things that are better left unsaid. They were even times where I told some of my friends about my personal life and they used it against me when we had an altercation. So I have just learnt to watch what I say and watch the kind of person I say some certain things to. I am glad you were able to stay away from such habit , because it is actually very bad.