Decisions made while you’re angry come with the worst interest rates.

Anger speeds everything up. It makes a reply feel urgent, a quit feel brave, a door feel like it needs slamming right now. What it never shows you is the bill: the friend who stops texting, the week you spend patching something you broke in four seconds.

When your chest is hot, give yourself a rule instead of a decision. Type the message and leave it unsent until morning. If it still needs saying tomorrow, it will still be there, and you will say it better.