Table of Contents -- Introduction -- Part 1 - The Root Causes of the Pressure You Feel -- 1 - Who Sped Up the Clock -- 2 - Population and Your Life -- 3 - Over-informed, Overwhelmed, and Under-served -- 4 - Media Growth and Electronic Addiction -- 5 - The Paper Trail Culture -- 6 - An Over-abundance of Choices -- 7 - Running in Place, or the Alligator Who Ate Its Tail -- Part 2 - Hand Tools -- 8 - What Fills Your Days and Why? -- 9 - Supporting Your Priorities -- 10 - Starting Right Where You Are -- 11 - Getting Organized Now and for the Future -- 12 - The High Art of Filing -- Part 3 - Power Tools -- 13 - Conditioning Your Work Environment -- 14 - Conditioning Your Other Environments -- 15 - Controlling Intake Overglut -- 16 - Combating Packratism: Stripping Your Files -- Part 4 - Cerebral Tools -- 17 - Completions: The End of Racing the Clock -- 18 - Creating Space -- 19 - Creative Procrastination -- Part 5 - Metaphysical Tools -- 20 - Living in the Moment -- 21 - Choosing Breathing Space -- 22 - Breathing Space for All -- Afterword -- Appendix -- About The Author -- Summary of Breathing Space.