The Thing To Say Every Time You’re Angry

A simple framework for buying time to think

Laura Vanderkam
Forge
Published in
4 min readOct 22, 2020

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Illustration of a woman in the center, with concentric silhouettes of her around her.
Illustration: Abbey Lossing

In this angry, anxious, and polarized time, it’s easy to lash out, whether on social media or at people in your real life. And we often end up wishing we didn’t: One survey found that a majority of social media users had posted something they regretted.

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Laura Vanderkam
Forge
Writer for

Laura Vanderkam is the author of several time management books including Off the Clock and 168 Hours. She blogs at LauraVanderkam.com.