The Desperate Search for “Breathing Space” When Your Brain Refuses to Give You Any
And why you should really try to get some anyway
4 min readAug 24, 2021
I find it fascinating that the U.K. version of “breathing room” — which in the U.S. means room and time to think things over — is “breathing space.” According to the impressively titled Cambridge Advanced Learner’s Dictionary, the term refers to…