How Do You Deal With Stress?(howtosplitanatom.com)
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How Do You Deal With Stress?
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I actually upmodded this because I think it might be worthy of note. All snark aside, "universal" as it may be it's the simple stuff that people deal with everyday that has meaning to them.
Not every post can be a treatise on HMM based speech analysis. Nor should it be.
As always, if something isn't meaningful to you - no one forces you to read it. If you had suggestions for stories you feel are more interesting, feel free to reach out to me (I can't speak for Zenhabits, but I imagine they would say similar).
Not every post can be a treatise on HMM based speech analysis. Nor should it be.
As always, if something isn't meaningful to you - no one forces you to read it. If you had suggestions for stories you feel are more interesting, feel free to reach out to me (I can't speak for Zenhabits, but I imagine they would say similar).
The problem is, as always, that the members of the community that post the best stories and comments start to disappear when the front page becomes stupid. How's that for "no one forces you to read it"?
I agree that not every post should be a discussion on the problems and merits of academic subjects, but every post should be interesting enough that the smart guys here want to read it: be that a PG essay, a story telling that Prosper verifies that poor people must have high interest rates or this year's Berkshire Hathaway letter to shareholders. Boilerplate news can be found anywhere, whereas a highly concentrated feed of stories is a precious rarity.
I agree that not every post should be a discussion on the problems and merits of academic subjects, but every post should be interesting enough that the smart guys here want to read it: be that a PG essay, a story telling that Prosper verifies that poor people must have high interest rates or this year's Berkshire Hathaway letter to shareholders. Boilerplate news can be found anywhere, whereas a highly concentrated feed of stories is a precious rarity.
A few years ago I discovered yoga and meditation. I used to be a really sporty guy but I'm amazed at how healthy I feel from the yoga (and good eating) but the meditation and learning to breathe properly have had amazing benefits. I would really recommend it. I still get stressed at times - though far less than I used to - but when I do its being able to deal with it, be centered and focused which makes the difference in terms of how to handle a high pressure environment.
Quiet.
Isolation.
Time.
Tea.
Find someplace isolated and quiet, and make a hot cup of green tea. Hold the cup in your hands for a while and just breathe in the smell of it. Drink it when you feel good and relaxed.
Spend less time online and use that new free time for a little more exercise or rest.
Do something that takes you out of the quotidian flow of time and deadlines. Read a book, play a video game, watch a movie, take a walk, but procrastinate in a way that forces you to stop, and deliberately dedicate a couple hours to not doing what you should be doing.
What you don't want to do is spend all that time in 5-minute intervals of "just one more site"; "just one more refresh of reddit"; etc. That will keep you feeling like you have to do something now, and you will quickly, efficiently, and stressfully grind your way through a whole bunch of sites and articles without getting anything done or actually relaxing.
Isolation.
Time.
Tea.
Find someplace isolated and quiet, and make a hot cup of green tea. Hold the cup in your hands for a while and just breathe in the smell of it. Drink it when you feel good and relaxed.
Spend less time online and use that new free time for a little more exercise or rest.
Do something that takes you out of the quotidian flow of time and deadlines. Read a book, play a video game, watch a movie, take a walk, but procrastinate in a way that forces you to stop, and deliberately dedicate a couple hours to not doing what you should be doing.
What you don't want to do is spend all that time in 5-minute intervals of "just one more site"; "just one more refresh of reddit"; etc. That will keep you feeling like you have to do something now, and you will quickly, efficiently, and stressfully grind your way through a whole bunch of sites and articles without getting anything done or actually relaxing.
I don't like the word stress. It implies helplessness. What people call stress is just the world telling your brain to tell you that you're doing something wrong and that you should correct it. Exercise helps cool some of the excitement, but it won't vanquish it. Listening to it and acting on its advice is the only thing that will make you feel better.
if you are under stress, you have more work to do than your brain can oversee.
If I am really good, I deal with stress like this:
- stop doing what you are currently doing
- analyze the situation
- make a list of what you have to do in no special order (this includes also private activity like dates in the evening, pick up kids from the kindergarten, buy food etc. Private life often sets me under more pressure than work).
- define priorities
- think about what you can delegate and delegate it
- think about what you can cancel and cancel it early (dates, movies)
- start work
- if more disaster happens, iterate this list again
Works like a charm. For me the pressure relaxes most of the time already when I have my list done. I think the real trick is that writing the workplan gives you back control about what you do.
If I am really good, I deal with stress like this:
- stop doing what you are currently doing
- analyze the situation
- make a list of what you have to do in no special order (this includes also private activity like dates in the evening, pick up kids from the kindergarten, buy food etc. Private life often sets me under more pressure than work).
- define priorities
- think about what you can delegate and delegate it
- think about what you can cancel and cancel it early (dates, movies)
- start work
- if more disaster happens, iterate this list again
Works like a charm. For me the pressure relaxes most of the time already when I have my list done. I think the real trick is that writing the workplan gives you back control about what you do.
By going postal and smashing stuff
Surfing (in the ocean) for atleast an hour or two per day.
We've all run into this problem at some point: We sincerely want to put something out on the web that people will link to, helping us generate ad revenue. But not all of us have something useful or meaningful to say. This is something you can overcome if you just put a little pluck and perserverance into it. Here's what some others had to say...
howtosplitanatom.com - "A good approach for me has been to identify a universal problem and get my friends to relay truisms about said problem. If they're not available, I can Google up a list in less than 10 minutes!"
zenhabits.net - "Pasting universal truisms is great, but I like to throw a little twist in by enumerating them."
And remember to make sure to network with other vacuous blogs so you can upvote each other and downvote the competition on social sites. Happy po$ting!