Anxiety

I spent months trying productivity apps, Pomodoro timers, focus music, website blockers. None of it stuck because my ADHD brain gets bored of every system within a week.

Then I stumbled onto something dumb-simple: 90 seconds of paced breathing before starting any task. Not meditation (my brain hates that), just following a visual pattern — breathe in, breathe out, repeat.

It works because it activates your parasympathetic nervous system. Your brain literally shifts from "scattered mode" to "okay I can do one thing" mode.

I ended up building this into an app because I couldn't find one that was simple enough. No meditation courses, no subscriptions, no guru voice telling me to "let go of my thoughts" — just a visual breathing guide. It's called Lunair.

But even without any app — try this: before your next task, close your eyes, breathe in for 4 seconds, hold 4, out 4, hold 4. Do it 6 times. Then start. The difference is wild.