"The Personality I Would Change: Working on My Aggressive and Stubborn Side."

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We all have different parts of our personality that we want to change, especially when they affect how we interact with others or present things. The topic from Hive-Naija said, "If I could change a part of your personality, what would it be?"
If there's one thing I could change about myself, it would be the part of me that gets aggressive and stubborn.

These two traits have really affected me, especially in how I talk to people or present things to other. The problem is that I usually don’t even realize what I’ve done until the damage has already been done, and that’s when I start regretting it.

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Let me start with the aggressive part.

I’m not a bad person who enjoys making people sad or unhappy with my words, but whenever I get angry or upset, I tend to react too quickly. Instead of thinking about what I want to say, I just speak without thinking. Then, after I calm down, I realize I’ve really mess up, and that’s when the regret start eating me. And to face the person I spoke to like that becomes difficult because I feel ashamed to approach them to apologise.

There was a day in school when we were asked to submit an assignment. Our lecturer said the submission would start at 10:00 AM. I was still writing mine when one of my coursemates accidentally poured water on it. I got angry, and instead of me calming down, I shouted at her badly.
Later, after calming down and rewriting the assignment, that's when I remembered how I spoke to her so I started asking myself, “Did I overreact?”, “Why did I act like that toward her?” So I went to find her and apologized. Thankfully, she accepted my apology.

Now let me talk about the stubbornness part.

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I know I’m very stubborn. Sometimes, when someone corrects me, I won’t listen because I want to satisfy my pride or ego.

There was a time I wanted to do something, and my brother told me it wouldn’t work. He gave me a suggestion, but instead of using his suggestion, I followed my own idea, until it backfired. Without having no choice I go back to his suggestion, which worked perfectly. But I had already wasted more time than necessary. If I had listened to him from the start, I would’ve saved myself from the stress.

These two parts of me,aggression and stubbornness, have really affected me a lot. But I’m learning to speak my mind without hurting others, and I’m learning to listen to people’s opinions instead of always sticking to mine. And I thank God because I’m already seeing changes in myself.

In conclusion, knowing that I need to work on my aggressive and stubborn side has really helped me grow. I’m not perfect, but I’m trying every day to become a better person, someone who speaks calmly and listens more to others, not just to myself.

This is my entry for the Hive-Naija Weekly Prompt Edition 101

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