Swearing can be fun, or help us vent our anger, pain, or frustration.
Muyshondt also suggests recording yourself swearing so you could hear how you sound to others when you do it.
Wear rubber bands on your wrists and snap each others band whenever someone swears.
With that strategy, looking at the rubber band on your wrist can be reminder enough.
Or start a swear jar you have to put money in every time you cuss.
TheCuss Control Academy recommendsyou imagine youre always in earshot of someone you would never swear around.
you could also imagine that youre always being recorded or listened to by the same people.
Color Your Language a Different Way
Most of us swear to emphasize a point,albeit dramatically.
Fortunately, the English language has a near infinite number of ways to emphasize or describe something.
The video above from theHowcast YouTube channelsuggests you’re free to also turn your F-bombs into fudge bombs.
They might sound silly, but thats the point!
In fact, the more ridiculous you could make your replacement words the better.
If youre not sure where to start, think about why youre cursing to begin with.
Are trying to sound mature?
Go for intellectual instead.
Are you trying to be funny?
Try being creatively goofy.
Are you trying to sound tough?
Tough people dont let things get to them that bad.
Find fancy ways to say the same thing, or find an older word thats no longer in use.
A little googling will net you moreold-fashioned swearsthan you canshake a stick at.
Use your brain, not your mouth.
you should probably make it so that you would rather not swear than put a single dollar into it.
It helps to associate the jar with something evil, or with something you hate.
Say for example you want to quit smoking, but its a struggle because smoking gives you pleasure.
The swear jar needs to be like punching yourself in the nuts.
In my case, I chose to donate all of the money to an evil organisation.
Or send money to your friend and have them use it to pay for playing pranks on yourself.
Raise the stakes and give yourself some real incentive.
Of course, if youre going to punish yourself, you should reward yourself too.
Dont hesitate to celebrate a day without swearing, or a whole week with only swearing when youre alone.
Now what you are saying is fuckrying out loud i.e.
for crying out loud.
Image by Nick Criscuolo.
