I’ve known for some time the importance of breathing… I don’t mean, breathing to stay alive. I mean deep breathing mindfully. Yet, time and again, I find myself breathing in a shallow way and even occasionally holding my breath as I am stressing over something (an email, a situation, a phone call, etc.)

This morning, as I was following Tweets from the Craigslist Foundation Bootcamp, I read some live comments about the many wise things spoken by Chip Conley at the event. I then stumbled upon this particular tweet by Conley, that totally caught my attention:

So I proceeded to read the post Do You Know How to Breathe? How to Think Clearly and Feel Relaxed in Two Minutes. The author shared what he did (thanks to his wife) to remember BREATHING throughout the day:

… my wife gave me a framed print with the word breathe written in beautiful calligraphy. It sits on top of a bookshelf in my office, replacing the Post-it note reminder I used to have on my computer screen.

So I went about creating a desktop image to put ON my screen (which I am staring at most of the day), with the word BREATHE on it. I hope you find it useful to remind yourself the importance of REALLY breathing to help you stay focused and in the now. You can download the desktop image by clicking on the image below.