Is "Pre-Meeting Anxiety" actually a universal PM problem, or just me?

I’m doing some research on "Event-Specific Anxiety" vs. general burnout. I’ve noticed that even senior PMs (myself included) often "spiral" in the 10 minutes before a hostile stakeholder review, yet we rarely use tools like Headspace/Calm in that specific window because they feel too "slow."

I’m building a dataset to see if this is a structural gap in our tools or just a personal workflow issue.

If you live in your calendar and have 2 minutes, I’d love to get your data point on this anonymous 3-question pulse check. It asks specifically about your "10-minute pre-meeting" routine.

https://forms.gle/Pb1MHFE9fmF99qMF9

I’ll share the aggregated results here next week so we can all see the benchmarks.

Posted Dec 1, 2025, 8:19 PM UTC

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