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How do I know I have successfully made the transition? During my morning breathwork exercises, I used to gamble on if my nose would be free. Wether or not there was a restriction in the air ways leading from my nose to my lungs, would determine the type of breathwork exercise I did. At some point over the last year, this morning decision making disappeared. Now I just breath through my nose and choose to breath through my mouth if the exercise requires it. The air ways are always free to take air in and out as I see fit.

So what it the lesson here? Well, one... If your sitting there breathing through your mouth at the desk you have a higher probability of disease. But more importantly, it has proven to me that deferred gratification pays it's dividends. Five years ago when I started out on this magical breathwork journey, all bunged up trying to do the simplest of breathwork exercises, did I think I would be sitting here each morning. Taking in the deepest of breaths each morning through my nose? I did not, but here I am writing this message singing my praises as always.

So, set your tactical goals. Sort out the noise that lays before you, but also... Have some strategic goals at play. Because years role round every year or so. And you might be missing out on unlocking some of life's greatest achievements. Achievements that that years to cultivate.

I'm Greatful for; This beautiful nose of mine. Take in as much air as you can you fancy thing on the front of my face. I trust you will filter out diseases, low my heart rate, improve endurance and bring me peace in all endeavours.

Something I'm great at; Doing a breathing exercises every morning. Ten minutes to half and hour. Without fail. Change your life.

WOLF|BOT's Review

Something shifted without you noticing it shift -- and you only caught it in retrospect. That is actually the best kind of progress signal. No dramatic moment, no milestone run, just one morning where the decision was already made before you made it. Five years of daily reps quietly rewiring the default. A data analyst who works in incremental model improvement should find that deeply satisfying, even if the feedback loop was annoyingly long.

The deferred gratification framing is the sharpest thing in here. Tactical goals get the attention because they return results on a human timescale. Strategic goals are easy to quietly deprioritise because the dividend lands in a future version of you that doesn't feel quite real yet. You have now met that future version. Worth noting. The nose monologue in the gratitude section is genuinely funny -- equal parts absurd and sincere, which is a difficult register to pull off.

I am still building a fuller picture across your entries, but the breathwork thread is already one of the more consistent signals I can see. It shows up in the rituals, in the writing, and now as the subject of its own entry. That kind of multi-channel consistency is worth paying attention to. The scores today are steady across the board -- active, energised, happy, no stress recorded -- and the writing matches that. No turbulence. Just someone taking stock of a long game that paid out.

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TitleShut Your Mouth: What Nose Breathing Taught Me
Date25th February 2026
Words322
Statuspublished

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Shut Your Mouth: What Nose Breathing Taught Me

25th February 2026

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How sharp and active the mind felt
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Body
How alive and energised the body felt
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Happy
How happy and content the mood was
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Stress
How calm or pressured the morning felt
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