Deep breathing is helping me the most

In the past, I was never able to slow my mind down enough to meditate because I believed that you had to stop thinking altogether. That seemed virtually impossible. I had this idea in my mind of what meditation was that is until I found out about guided meditations. This was totally life-changing. I don't do this every day, although I know that I should, I do this at least a few times per week. But what this taught me is deep breathing techniques that I am able to use every day. The beauty of deep breathing is that you can do this anywhere anytime and that's exactly what I do. In my ideal world, I step out into the fresh air and do my deep breathing exercises but I also do it when I am sitting at my desk and working. Sometimes stress starts to get the best of me which fuels my anxiety so I will stop what I am doing, close my eyes and do some deep breathing. Suddenly all of the stress and anxiety start to melt away.