The world won't stop......you need to slow yourself down. I'm a schoolteacher - I suffer from the same issue. My school is a madhouse of activity all day every day and I need to watch myself because if I feel like I'm getting crushed, cornered, or pushed here and there, I'll do something stupid.

Once I get in that state, things can go from bad to worse for me. So I just slow my roll and realize it isn't that important. I can't be the hard charger I used to be. The extra effort doesn't translate as a factor.

Think of it this way - we give 1 and create 1. But if we give 10, we only create 2.