With apologies to the person who originally had this thought and whose name I forgot to copy, studies show that paying attention to one’s breath alleviates stress, and that we should breathe through our nose because it is more calming and allows our lungs to extract oxygen more efficiently.

Try this: Take a deep breath and exhale slowly.  (Ideally, according to my unrecorded source, we should only take 5-6 breaths a minute.)

I tested my normal breathing as I wrote this, and in one minute I took 17 breaths. ☹

It looks like I’ve got some work to do.