I’m 24.
I used to be stressed out of my mind and wasted years of my life making the wrong decisions.
Then I spent 100+ hours studying Charlie Munger’s letters to learn his mental models on decision making.
Here’s what I found:
Everyone should have protocols for reducing stress in “real time”. The most effective (fast and physiologically supported) protocol is a “physiological sigh”: 2 back-to-back inhales via the nose to maximum lung inflation, followed by full exhale to lungs empty (via the mouth).