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Babyjoe,
I know that people still think I talk to much, but I have vastly improved. One thing I started doing was before I would say something I was just bursting to say, I would ask myself, “If I do not say this, how big a difference will it make 10 minutes from now, a day from now, a month from now, etc?” Is anyone going to die If I don’t say it. Will someone’s life be really less for it, or will they make a mistake if I don’t say it, etc? Most of the time, the answer was I wanted to say it because I felt I would burst if I didn’t. It was not nearly as satisfying as saying the thought, but I know fewer people head the other way when they see me coming.
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