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Self-restraint runs on a supply that stress uses up. In a week when everything is late and nothing has been slept on, you will react to things you would normally let go.

That is worth knowing because it changes what you work on. Instead of trying to be more patient at the moment of provocation, look at what is quietly draining you all day, because that is what decides how much brake you have left by six o'clock. Fewer commitments, an earlier night, one less thing running late. It feels indirect, and it works on everything at once.

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