On Something Therapeutic

May 28, 2014November 1, 2016 Skyler J. Collins (Editor)

I just thought I’d share something I’ve found therapeutic when browsing Facebook and other bastions of online discussion. When somebody says something where your first instinct is to respond either knee-jerk or with passion, type out your response, get it all out, let the passion flow. And then hit Ctrl-A, then Delete. I do this at least once a day and have found it to be quite helpful in lowering my heart rate and bringing me back to reason. (Just be careful not to hit Enter, especially on Facebook.) And that’s today’s two cents.

Skyler.

Written by Skyler J. Collins (Editor)

Founder and editor of Everything-Voluntary.com and UnschoolingDads.com, Skyler is a husband and unschooling father of three beautiful children. His writings include the column series “One Voluntaryist’s Perspective” and “One Improved Unit,” and blog series “Two Cents“. Skyler also wrote the books No Hitting! and Toward a Free Society, and edited the books Everything Voluntary and Unschooling Dads. You can hear Skyler chatting away on his podcasts, Everything Voluntary and Thinking & Doing.