💨 20,000 Things You Need to Do Every Day

(Spoiler: You’re already doing them.)

There’s a certain kind of post that haunts the internet.
“10 Things Successful People Do Before 6AM.”
“17 Habits That Will Change Your Life.”
“35 Ways to Optimize Your Brain Chemistry, Skin, Relationship, Calendar, and Vibe.”

And don’t get us wrong—some of that stuff can be helpful.

But sometimes?

It’s a little much.

Because you could do all 35 things. All 10 hacks. All 17 habits.
And still feel like you’re not doing enough.

So here’s a different kind of list:

20,000 things you need to do every day.

And you already are.

✨ It’s Called Breathing

That’s it.
That’s the whole thing.

You breathe about 20,000 times a day.
Not because you’re productive. Not because you earned it.
Just because you exist.

And every single breath?

• Delivers oxygen to your cells
• Calms your nervous system (even if only a little)
• Says: You’re still here. You’re still trying. That’s enough.

🧠 A Quick Science Snack

Breathing is the only automatic function you can also control.
Which means it’s both a survival mechanism and a superpower.

Every deep breath you take:

• Activates your parasympathetic nervous system (that’s the rest-and-digest part)
• Tells your brain, we’re safe enough to soften
• Interrupts spirals, even when you can’t stop them entirely

It won’t fix everything.
But it’s a tiny anchor in the middle of the storm.
And you get 20,000 of them. Every. Single. Day.

🥇 Let’s Celebrate Some of Them

✔ Breath #1,203: Taken mid-anxiety spiral but still happened
✔ Breath #9,816: Carried you through a hard convo you didn’t want to have
✔ Breath #14,442: Happened while you laughed, cried, or maybe both
✔ Breath #20,000: Unceremonious. Perfect. Sacred.

You’ve been accomplishing 20,000 things a day without even trying.
That deserves more than a gold star. That deserves gentleness.

🧘‍♀️ If You Want to Breathe On Purpose

No pressure. But if you ever feel like giving one of those 20,000 a little extra love:

Try this:
Inhale for 4 seconds.
Hold for 4.
Exhale for 4.
Hold for 4.
Repeat once or twice.

That’s it. That’s the tweet. That’s the reset button.

💬 Final Thought

You don’t have to earn your breath.
You don’t have to optimize your healing.
You don’t have to add one more thing to your “should” list.

You’re already doing enough.
You’re already doing 20,000 things right.

And that? That’s kind of incredible.

With breath and gentleness,
The Undelulu Team