Hello Everyone & Welcome to the RealPositiveGirl Podcast!
Today on the show I am talking about: How to Stop Being Petty
Have you struggled with pettiness & making things bigger than they need to be?
Today we are going to go over some examples of being petty & how to stop engaging in this behavior. It's the childish way out of dealing with your insecurities, so we need to overcome it.
Here are some notes from today's episode:
- Being petty, among other things you probably know about if you’re not new here, is a big problem for me. I can make almost anything into a bigger deal than it needs to be because I just get so caught up in pettiness.
- Now, if you don’t know what it means to be petty, in short, it means that you will take something that most other people would find insignificant or trivial into something bigger than it needs to be & use this as an excuse to be upset over nothing & really just draw attention to yourself.
- So for me, I would be petty about someone not treating me the way I would treat them & hold it against them like a shield. It’s ridiculous, I know. I would also do things like avoid someone when they cancel plans on me at the last minute without any reason or think about doing the same thing to them to make them feel as bad as I did. Or be bitter & ask for endless apologies when people go out & don’t think to invite me or my husband goes out & gets himself coffee & forgets to bring me back one.
- Obviously, this isn’t something you want to make a habit in your life. Being petty can cause rifts in relationships & possibly push them away & end relationships if behaviors aren’t changed.
- It’s very much an eye for an eye type of thing, in my mind. And that’s a problem. Pettiness can also be seen as having great insecurity, but in disguise by way of hurting someone else on purpose because you felt hurt or disrespected first.
- Now that you have some great examples of what it means to be petty, let’s chat about how we can stop being petty:
- 1. Admit to Yourself You’re Being Petty
- 2. Lower Your Expectations of Others & Create Standards.
- 3. Practice Forgiveness.
- 4. See It From Their Point of View
- 5. Confrontation.
Thank you again for listening & I hope this episode was helpful.
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