What Writing Is Teaching Me About Listening Instead of Reacting?

Everything needs my reaction, whether good or bad; it doesn’t matter. Not listening to myself always created trouble for me while reacting to situations. But you know, everything changed with time. Somehow, a change I adopted during these days is to listen to myself before reacting. The learnings I am gaining are making me aware that not everything needs our attention. A thoughtful response in situations is the thing I learned.

I remember half a month ago, when I was an overthinker, I used to live with two best friends: laziness and anger. Friends which are gifts when you are not doing anything productive. The two were so strong that the work I did used to go wrong. I used to react without thinking to anything in anger. It didn’t help me actually, but spoiled everything. I was never the personality who reacts without listening, but laziness and frustration named best friends; helped me become that person. The day I decided to work upon myself, those friends disappeared.

On the first day when I expressed my thoughts, laziness and frustration tried stopping me. But I was determined to write; that’s something which changed me a lot. The friends got changed, now my best friends are consistency and discipline. They are helping me improve day by day. I started to listen to myself before coming to any judgment. I started to think calmly before reacting, even in adverse situations.

Silence became my friend, which gives me time to think patiently before behaving in any situation. I use it as a tool which helps in making the right decisions for myself. It gives me clarity for the doubts I had. That sounds cool. Isn't it? I have a strong belief that it’s best to be silent before responding. A patient response to a situation is much better than an instant act, whether good or bad. Even now, I get frustrated sometimes, but I deal with it using patience.

I believe instant reactions are necessary in some situations. But behaving instantly with patience and non-aggressiveness increases self-respect within ourselves. Daily writing is now helping me increase that respect day by day by making me learn new things every day.

From reacting to everything with anger to reacting with patience now, continuous writing has literally changed a lot.

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