How do I stop using "I" so much in first person stories?

-Because I do that a lot.First person stories should sound like a how you would think to yourself, or talk about yourself.They offer an introspective view. by mixing up how you phrase things you can avoid using "I" too repetitively.



Tips:

Describe the actions of your characters through singular feelings using "my" instead.

example: change " I felt sick to my stomach" to " A sickening feeling filled my stomach"



If the character is doing something with another character in the story, words like "us", and "we" can be used as well.



And a lot of the time you can just avoid the word by simply changing the tense from past to present:

for example change "I compared myself to her" to "comparing myself to her"
You can't. If you don't want to use "I", don't write in the first person.



Honestly, though, it's probably not as bad as you think. Go back and read a page you wrote a while ago. Does it feel as if it's full of "I"? If it does, it might be because every sentence is structured the same. But then you need to write more varied sentences, not find "I" replacements.
GiGi doesn't know. LOL How else can you prevent it other than to start referring to yourself in the third person?