"Just Breathe"

Just Breathe

Saturday, Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday- that’s busy week. I have a paper due tomorrow and I haven’t even started. Shit…two of my projects this week are being critiqued and all of that on top of a damn midterm. I hate school. Everything will be so much better once I graduate and get a job that I love (hopefully). That reminds me, I need to start filling out those applications. Sometimes I think life would be ten times easier if I just won the Powerball. That is a lot of zeros.

Breathe.

This is what I imagine comes from the minds of each and every person I run into these days. I have this to do… I have that to do… Let me check my schedule. Hardly anyone has the time to sit down and think, much less take the time to breath. I cant remember the last time I sat down and focused on something other than what classes I have for school, what’s dues this week, or what I have to get done later tonight. The doctor asked me the other day if I wanted to schedule my check up in advance for two months from now. I told her I couldn’t because I hardly know what pile of plans I will have next week not to mention next month. My mind is constantly roaming like a racecar but eventually I need a to make a pit stop. Don’t we all?

Breathe.

I encourage you to drop your pens, close your books, silence your cell phones and shut your eyes. Inhale once and exhale everything building up inside of you Forget the last text message you received. Don’t worry about the tests you have coming up in your next classes. Disregard the fight you got into with your girlfriend or boyfriend last night, they’ll get over it. The real troubles in your life are going to be the ones that never crossed your mind. If you can, stop thinking, and focus on your body.

Just breathe.

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