Type the angry text if you have to. Then delete it and go for a walk. Tomorrow you says thanks.

RESILIENCE

WHAT THIS MEANS

Anger needs somewhere to go, but it does not need a recipient. Typing it out drains most of the heat, and the part that stays is usually the part worth saying calmly later. What sending does is make a temporary feeling permanent in somebody else’s phone.

Next time your thumbs are moving faster than your thinking, write the whole thing in your notes app instead of the chat. Walk to the end of the street and back. Read it again when you get home and see how much of it you still mean.

A QUESTION TO SIT WITH

Which angry message are you glad you never sent?

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