Just Breathe

So, there's a song out there by Telepopmusik called Breathe. If you're not familiar with it, it's an EDM song with beautiful female vocals. If you're not familiar with it, the refrain "Just breathe, just breathe, another day" is repeated over and over. It The whole song is melodically soothing and has a calming effect every time I hear it. Like releasing a long held breath that you didn't realize you were holding.

One of my bad habits that I will fully admit that I have is that I overthinking things. Lots of things. Most things, really. Not to the point where I'm indecisive about everything. But the point where I over-complicate things and instinctively do things the hard way. It's always how I've been and I know that is how I will always be. Which is why some of the absolute best advice I have ever gotten (and need to be reminded of with frequency) is "just breathe". Just stop. And breathe.

Now, before you think of me as a basket case (or perhaps, you've already have suspected this), I am capable of making decisions. I make loads of them. All the time. I listen to my gut and follow my instinct. In fact, most of the decisions I make on my feet and in the moment. I not only trust my intuition, but others rely on it as well. When I'm in the moment, I am capable of making massive, possibly even life changing decisions in seconds. There's been times when I have had to do just that.

But, it's the other times. The times when I'm entrenched in a situation and I'm not allowing myself to seek out outside influences to help me make a decision. The times when a problem went from having a simple solution to a complicated outcome. Or, rather, when my brain sees an ant hill and decides to start mountain building. When my brain takes a simple "yes" or "no" question and I have to evaluate all aspects of what I am being asked. Or when I set forth on a task that should only take a few minutes, but complications arise (for any given reason) and my brain enters problem solving mode. When I actually stop breathing and my own intellect becomes my own worst enemy. When I become my own worst enemy.

This is why music is so cathartic to me. I can shut out the rest of the world and shut myself out, as well. When my headphones are in, the world becomes a small and feasible. I stop over-analyzing every minute detail and just...do. I just breathe.

So, that's what this post is about. I'm passing on the advice to you. Just breathe. Just let go of everything you think you need to consider and listen to your gut. In through your nose, out through your mouth, and do.