Journal 10 Conflict style

I’ve learned that my conflict style is usually too avoiding and passive. For example, a while back I had trouble with the room being noisy regularly when I was trying to go to sleep, so I purchased some earplugs, and when the noise maker saw me using earplugs, the noise level during these nighttime hours was significantly reduced. This was also a problem that I had been avoiding for a while. It seems that I’ll convince myself that if I can ignore a problem, it will stop existing. This in fact is not a good idea I’ve found because conflict can blow up in my face if I don’t confront it before the other side gets too caught up in what my issue with them is. I’ve learned that if I simply confront the issue as graciously as possible then it will work itself out because my intentions are good. I’ve found that the sooner I confront an issue the better because the issue is still forming and we can work out our needs.