How simply pausing can keep you from reacting to emotions in ways that you'll regret later
situation to focus on its potential upside tends to be healthier than obsessing over every detail that could go wrong.
In particular, don’t follow what the emotion is telling you to do: Don’t send that angry text, don’t decline the invitation to present at work, don’t tell your potential date you’re too busy this week, don’t send thatTry to stay with the emotion—it is, in fact, possible to feel something and not act on it right away.
By the end of these 60 seconds, more often than not, the intensity of the emotion and its hook over your behavior will have subsided. It might not be gone completely, but it will likely become less central to your experience. The reason is simple: Emotions always come on quickly and immediately begin to decay.
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