Tuesday, November 5, 2024

Waiting to Respond

I'm learning a very good life skill - waiting for my strong emotions to subside before I respond.  His text to me this afternoon was quite inconsiderate.  It brought up all the anger I have felt with how unfair this divorce is going and how much of the burden is falling on me.  Any response I would have drafted in the moment, I would have regretted.  It would have been filled with anger and been unproductive.  So I set my phone down.  I walked away from it.  I did something else.  I made a phone call to my mom.  I figured out how to use the printer in the co-working space of my apartment complex.  And only then did I respond with a very brief, calm response.

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