If your work is winding you up to the point of causing severe anxiety, then maybe you should be looking at why you&#x27;re there in the first place...<p>I don&#x27;t know if you&#x27;ve read much self-help, but there&#x27;s a lot of &quot;you-can&#x27;t-help-it&quot; contained within. &quot;Letting the moment pass&quot; is a micro-solution to an entire-life size problem.<p>Speaking as someone who experiences some of the same emotions described in the article, it&#x27;s far more effective to reduce stress and anxiety by removing non-essential tasks from your list than it is to &quot;just chill&quot;. People don&#x27;t need to &quot;step back every once in a while&quot;, they need to learn how to say no.