I first confronted my worst self during a self-improvement exercise.

We were put in pairs and told to tell the other person a story, while the other person was told to do anything but listen. So as I told my story, the other person faced away from me, got on their phone, pretended to sleep, etc. And then I started speaking faster, and babbling, and saying anything I could possibly think of to get that person’s attention, even if it wasn’t true. I turned into a beggar.

It’s how I get on stage too, when doing standup comedy and I feel like no one is listening or no one is enjoying it. It isn’t me. It’s this desperate person I become and I hate it!

My best bet in those situations is usually to just stop talking, or better yet take a breath and try to entertain myself, instead. ☺