Breathing had a lot to do with anxiety today -- stresses to finish the course prep in time and to get the paper written that needs to be submitted next week. While I feel I got a lot completed today, I wasn't where I'd hoped to be. So, I will head back to the office tomorrow afternoon after a morning meeting. Perhaps that is a good thing, since it will be very hot to work from home for the next couple of days. I'll work more on meeting the looming deadlines. Then I'll try to take a couple days of non-working -- dare I use the term vacation? <smile> The stress of working to complete the tasks as best as they can be done, causes some interesting physical effects. My shoulders rise as I tense up while sitting to work on a project. I find that I sometimes hold my breath or only breathe very shallowly. Amazingly, breathing -- deep cleansing breaths -- can help to reduce anxiety, to stop it from escalating. I need to have a reminder with the computer -- a reminder bell or signal that gets me to take a deep breath or two and then return to the work. I've said this before, but just haven't found the right reminder. I'll keep looking.
The lyric that fit best in my head spoke about the need to breathe and trying to think ahead to breathe later as well as now. Hope that makes sense to others today. Enjoy!
Breathe Again -- Sara Bareilles
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