Work Place Stress

One of the main problems that causes stress is
worrying. You get caught up in the day to day
problems but don’t let go of them . You think “if I
would have done this or that, maybe the results
would have been different”. Yes, things would
have changed, but you can’t undo what has
happened; so you keep replaying things over
and over again in your mind.

How does this change anything? It doesn’t, nothing
you think about will change what has happen. All this
worry just drains you of your energy, and never
changes anything that happened. It keeps eating
away at you, building up more stress which
only adds to your stress load.

Not only are you building up stress, but you are also
wasting time. While you are sitting there worrying,
others things get put on hold. You can’t work on
anything when you are focused on things of the past
or what could have happen.

And if you try to do something else your mind
wanders back to worrying and the work you do
will probably end up as mediocre at best.

In the end you only get your time wasted, your
energy drained and nothing to show for the effort.
So here are a few tips to help you
control your worrying.

When you make a mistake or do something wrong,
correct it immediately if you are able,
or forget about it.

Think about how it will affect things on a large scale,
put it in the proper perspective. If it is of major
importance plan how to respond to it later or if just
something minor, forget about it.

Then get to work on something else. If you find your
mind wandering back to worrying, remind yourself that
you have done what you could and focus again on
your work.

It may take several times before you are able to stop
your worrying behavior, but it will get easier.

Including plans for stopping worrying is a smart step
for a good health care program.

Health care is not something that happens. It is
necessary to plan your health care. You need to
make make a plan and follow it.

One excuse is I don’t know how to make a plan.

How do you answer the following question, What do
you do during the week?

Most people will say I go to work at such and such
place from 8 to 5. It takes me about 30 minutes of
travel time to and from work. Then on the weekend
I do house cleaning, laundry and go out on Saturday
night. Then I relax on Sunday.

Now look at what I wrote. What was the plan? To go
to work during the week and spend the weekend
doing other things.

That is a plan. If you can plan out your week, you
know how to make a plan. Now you just need to
modify that plan to include some health care
for yourself.

One thing you need to do is to plan a day of rest
from work. N0, that doesn’t mean just sitting around
the house, it means doing something active with
your mind and body that doesn’t relate to work.

Gardening or a hobby is used by many to relax. If you
don’t have a garden or hobby, look for something that
is of interest to you.

What is something that interested you when you were
younger but never had time to explore, or something
you started but some how haven’t have time for since
starting to work? It doesn’t have to cost a lot of
money, just something that is of interest to you.

But you say, it will take more than one day to get all
the information that I need. That is even better, you
can plan a couple of weekend days gathering
all the information.

So that sounds like too much physical work for you?

All you want to do is to lay around the house and
rest. Fine, have a good long book to read or a few
good movies to watch.

Don’t just sit there and do nothing. You need to focus
on something other than work stress, which may be
lingering in the back of your mind.

By eliminating stress from your body and mind, you
will be able to approach your work in a more relaxed
manner, think clearer and have more energy
to tackle problems.

Health care includes caring for the mind as well as
caring for the body. It is always healthier to plan a
rest day once a week to rest your body as well
as your mind.