Sometimes anger can make you say things you regret. Sometimes it can save your life.
I’m learning to tell the difference between an unhealthy reaction to things not being the way I want them and when it’s time to fight back against something harmful.
I know what to do when I’m sad, I’m learning what to do when I’m anxious, but man oh man do I have no idea what to do when I’m angry.
It just doesn’t suit me. At all.
When you do something because it’s fun, then it is its own reward.
When you do one because you’re having too many feelings and want to be numb for a while, then it’s just frustrating.
I don’t make a habit of checking my phone when I’m at the movies, but since it kept going off constantly I thought maybe the house was on fire or something.
Nope. Just a grill someone threw away because they didn’t want it. Turns out I didn’t want it, either.
It can be frustrating to see so much growth in one area and so little in another. But I suppose that I just need to remember that progress is not linear.