Inside Voice
“Shhh, Be Quiet.” - @JuvietheGreat
At some point, we have to learn how to use our inside voices. Everything isn’t for everybody. Beyond that, stop being so loud and wrong. Have you ever been in a public place and overheard a conversation that you KNOW should’ve taken place in the comfort and privacy of someone’s own space? Now you’re looking at them like they’re crazy or you’re stuck wondering what the person on the other end of the story’s take is? Think about how many insider secrets are floating around amongst us. It may not even be hurtful (since we don’t know who it’s about), but it still leaves a mark. Imagine feeling so entitled that you always need to hold a call in a train car full of people who want to get from A to B, minding their own business, read their book or play games on their phone. People are so quick to tell someone to mind their own business while simultaneously inviting them in. Sometimes, the conversations are so close that you want to chime in and give your 2 cents.
I was having a conversation the other day, and although I wasn’t loud, it was close to others. About an hour later, one of the people in the room asked about something that I had mentioned. My writing isn’t a secret, but I didn’t think that he was listening. Can you imagine what else he could have heard?
Content and volume are important when having conversations in both public and private settings. It’ll hurt when the right information makes it to the wrong ears. Keep it cute and simple or keep it to yourself. You can’t be loud or on speaker and expect those around you to go deaf for your convenience. It’s also okay to use headphones, or you can just put the phone up to your ear. Shit, you can send a text. Don’t subject us to your sensitive, private or trivial conversations. We appreciate your understanding and cooperation with this matter.
Your inside voice can also be keeping shit to yourself. You don’t need to announce every move you’re going to make. Leave a little to the imagination. Leave something to be desired. Your inside voice is keeping a select few abreast of accomplishments and goals. People can’t hate or plot on things that they don’t know. Some can’t wait to throw shade or salt in the wound. Some are waiting for the moment you don’t get that promotion or whatever goal that you just blasted across social media. Don’t get me wrong, we celebrate the good and work on improving the bad, but we aren’t inviting negativity in our circles. We can’t expose ourselves to the bullshit. Knowing when to fall back is your inside voice. Sometimes we need to speak through actions, other times we speak by not reacting.
Know how to do both. Keep them guessing and leave them shellshocked. Shock the fuck out of yourself. Talk your shit through actions.
Signed,
We Don’t Want To Hear That Shit, Fam