Content

• Steps
• Method 1 of 3: Awareness and Planning
• Method 2 of 3: Start with small changes
• Method 3 of 3: Keep Practice and Set Tough Goals
• What do you need

It's easy enough to learn to swear, but the habit is hard to break. If you are serious about breaking this bad habit, you will succeed. Read on to learn how you can avoid using swear words.

Steps

Method 1 of 3: Awareness and Planning

1. 1 Decide why you want to quit this habit. The use of profanity in speech denies a negative impact on a person. In most cases, a person who uses swear words will be considered uncultured, uneducated, immature, or bad. If you use swear words on the Internet, you may be blocked from accessing web pages. Also, if you use curse words towards a person, you will be considered arrogant, unreasonable, or offensive. Using swear words in the workplace can result in dismissal. So there are many reasons for taking control of your speech. Think for a few minutes about why you want to quit this habit, and how doing this will help you improve your relationships with others and your public image.
2. 2 Try to notice when you use swear words. Get a notebook and pen, and write down the situations where you swear throughout the week. When do you swear most often? Do you use harsh words in the presence of certain people, in certain places? What environmental factors irritate you? Traffic jams? Annoyed shopper in line? Are you swearing under the influence of stress, frustration, or anger? Write down words and related situations throughout the week. This way you can control your behavior, which is the first step to change.
3. 3 List those people who are ready to help you (optional). Tell your loved ones, kind friends and family members that you are ready to stop swearing and ask for their help. Ask these people to tell you when you swear.
   • If you decide to use the help of loved ones, you need to understand that you will be criticized. You will have to decide in advance if you can handle this attitude towards you. If not, skip this step. But if you ask for help, make sure you don’t get angry with your helpers for criticizing your cursing habit. They do what you asked them to do.
4. 4 Think about how you can assert yourself. At the end of the first week of observation, spend an hour reading your notes. Think about how else you can establish yourself in society. Identify healthy ways to express your feelings.
   • Instead of saying "# @ $% our director!" into the background.
   • Replace common curses with neutral words such as “terrible,” “traitor,” “idiot,” “tree-sticks,” “weakling,” “crazy,” “sweet,” “punchy,” and so on.

Method 2 of 3: Start with small changes

1. 1 Start small. Prepare for change, but start small. It is better to choose a small, easy-to-do task to form a new habit. Choose a specific place or situation in which you will begin to improve. For example, try not to swear while driving or in front of your nephew. Pick just one situation and take a week to avoid swearing.
   • If you (or your assistants) have noticed when you are swearing in your chosen situation. Apologize and rephrase the sentence in a way that does not use swear words. It can be difficult sometimes, but practicing without the use of swear words will be good for you.
2. 2 Punish yourself. Start a penalty box. Every time you swear, put one dollar in it. Now that you've got a penalty box, you understand that you don't like losing money, especially if you have to give it to a friend or spend it on charity. Use a penalty box as a tool to pay for what you hate. For example, you can donate money to a competitor's political party. If you're a Republican, spend the fines to help Democrats. If you were in favor of allowing abortion, spend money on an anti-abortion campaign. You are now truly on the path to purifying your speech.
3. 3 Reward yourself. If you hit your goal this week, for example, did not swear in front of your nephew, reward yourself with a show, watching a movie, a good book, or a massage.

Method 3 of 3: Keep Practice and Set Tough Goals

1. 1 Expand your goals. Once you've successfully dealt with avoiding swearing in one situation (say, in front of your nephew), add new situations each week.
   • For example, if you successfully coped with the task of not swearing in the presence of your nephew for a week, repeat this task and do not swear near the playgrounds.
   • If you could not successfully cope with the first task, then the task was too difficult. Simplify it. Instead of never swearing in front of your nephew, simplify the assignment to "I won't swear until 8 pm" or "I won't swear while driving when my window is open." Choose a time frame and situation, and then gradually complicate your assignment.
2. 2 Have patience. The key to success lies in the choice of available situations and time frames for improvement. The process of getting rid of swearing will take a long time, but step by step you can get rid of the swearing habit. Sometimes this process takes years. Self-improvement is always a difficult process, but worth it. Stick to your goals and you will succeed.

What do you need

• Diary
• Pen
• Piggy bank