My favourite trick is “noticing when I am not actually upset/angry/tired with someone or something”. I started doing it before I learned about LW—back then I called it “don’t fall down before you’re hit” in my head. For example, I come to visit a friend who has a young child, and have to sit outside for half an hour before she picks her phone—but the weather is fine, and I notice I’m not actually annoyed by having to wait.
My favourite trick is “noticing when I am not actually upset/angry/tired with someone or something”. I started doing it before I learned about LW—back then I called it “don’t fall down before you’re hit” in my head. For example, I come to visit a friend who has a young child, and have to sit outside for half an hour before she picks her phone—but the weather is fine, and I notice I’m not actually annoyed by having to wait.