Benzos are effective at slowing the frequency and intensity of flases of activity in the brain. Klonopin is used as an anti sezure medication because of this effect. Seizures amount to a confused firing of many areas cascading from one anomalous, intense firing of one area. Flashing lights are a common trigger, for example.

None of that will stop you from breathing, just level out your heartrate and respiratory speed.

Eventbrite and other ticketing companies own those places too. They form an oligopoly with Ticketmaster by also charging bullshit fees. Since the ticketing companies own all the venues aside from campgrounds that host a few thousand people, you're SOL if you want to sell 10k tickets.

It's not a quote if you don't know who said it.

Time to reevaluate your goals to make sure they're realistic. Growing up with parents that use lack of success as proof of lack of effort makes it difficult to gauge what is reasonable to expect of oneself.

What about the Gloryhole? Believe it or not, that's a place near Fayetteville.

While you're in the neighborhood make sure to visit Gloryhole too. Yes, that's a natural feature you can hike to in a state park in Arkansas. No, you can't put your dick in it.

If you're holding back effort then, by definition, you aren't giving 100%. That or you're just saying in hindsight, "I gave 100%." regardless which is definitely a tautology.

Then it's completely either meaningless or an excuse to just do whatever with no regard to efficiency or quality. There's no way to slice this that it doesn't come out sounding trite.