Old habits die hard. Going cold turkey off any habit isn’t easy. A certain Lucy Silag, for example, says she “realized I was addicted to gossiping, so I quit”, to disastrous effects. Writing in Salon.com (Psst! Have you heard…, September 3, 2007), she says, in part:
When I gave up, I gave up cold turkey, and of course that was my first mistake. Not only could I not offer gossip, I could also not ask leading questions to try to draw gossip into the conversation. (Full of conviction, I actually told people that they could punch me in the arm if they caught me doing either of these things.) When someone offered unsolicited gossip (God bless that person) I would offer up my arm for the punch if I accidentally raised my eyebrows or made a gagging noise in response to the gossip.
Over the next few weeks, I encountered countless challenges. For one, I learned that two of my co-workers had been secretly dating each other – for five months! Then, my boss became pregnant. When people asked me questions about it, I nearly cried.
Needless to say, Silag decided to go back to her old ways and resume gossiping. This time she was full-bore into it, with one condition. She writes:
I’ve decided to take a new, more artistic approach to gossip. It’s too rich, too valuable, to cut from my life altogether. But at this rabid pace, I'm rotting my brain and losing my voice. Instead of gossiping, I will allow myself only to tell good stories. Entertaining, well-edited stories, a mix of the facts and a little commentary.
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