Whenever your buttons get all lit up, each time you get stuck in a cranky, pissy, about-to-lose-your-shit headspace, get curious about, well, anything. If you’re too wound up to think clearly about what you’re feeling or doing, then do anything that will activate your curious brain. Read a riddle book, fit a piece into a puzzle, or sweep the floor. (Yes, sweeping is a curiosity exercise, especially when you live with kids. You have to inspect the floor pretty damn carefully unless you feel like sweeping three more times.) Even if you don’t get any relevant information, you’ll be cooling off
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