logicallefty
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A high school teacher once told me, "I know the day you will no longer have stress in your life, it's the day you become dead"
So true...
I think people today are under a lot of stress. I blame technology and cell phones for a heavy contribution.. But even folks who can honestly say "I don't have much stress", well, you do have some, right?
SO, fellas, let's list 1) what are our biggest stressors and 2) what helps us reduce stress. We each should be different. The reducing part from one of us may help a brother out.
I will start:
Lefty's biggest stressors:
- The list of tasks I have on my plate in all areas of my life that I keep in one singe to-do list for both work and personal life.
- My cell phone going off non stop all day, 7 days a week between work and personal life.
- People who's extra talking (mostly at work) leads to less tangible productivity of which I have to pick up the slack for their time wasted and slacking
Lefty's stress relief:
- Go out to my back yard and burn papers, grass, boxes, wood, etc. I like to burn things
- Shoot cans with water in them, my hillside behind my house, cardboard, whatever.
- Telling myself to forget about everything on my plate, and that only the thing at hand matters
- My new job as a part-time police officer, believe it or not, is a stress relief. IMO, working in both, the field of IT is 100x more stress than law enforcement.
- This community of SS. We are a true elite group of people here fellas. Even as a veteran in dealing with life crisis, I feel like I can come here and get the support I need as a man to fill in the gaps of life that I can't otherwise fill in myself. What I can't figure out, you guys always can.
Stress is the worst damn thing. What is your comment about how you stress, and how you deal with it?
Edit: must not forget about my dog too. He causes me less stress most of the time
So true...
I think people today are under a lot of stress. I blame technology and cell phones for a heavy contribution.. But even folks who can honestly say "I don't have much stress", well, you do have some, right?
SO, fellas, let's list 1) what are our biggest stressors and 2) what helps us reduce stress. We each should be different. The reducing part from one of us may help a brother out.
I will start:
Lefty's biggest stressors:
- The list of tasks I have on my plate in all areas of my life that I keep in one singe to-do list for both work and personal life.
- My cell phone going off non stop all day, 7 days a week between work and personal life.
- People who's extra talking (mostly at work) leads to less tangible productivity of which I have to pick up the slack for their time wasted and slacking
Lefty's stress relief:
- Go out to my back yard and burn papers, grass, boxes, wood, etc. I like to burn things
- Shoot cans with water in them, my hillside behind my house, cardboard, whatever.
- Telling myself to forget about everything on my plate, and that only the thing at hand matters
- My new job as a part-time police officer, believe it or not, is a stress relief. IMO, working in both, the field of IT is 100x more stress than law enforcement.
- This community of SS. We are a true elite group of people here fellas. Even as a veteran in dealing with life crisis, I feel like I can come here and get the support I need as a man to fill in the gaps of life that I can't otherwise fill in myself. What I can't figure out, you guys always can.
Stress is the worst damn thing. What is your comment about how you stress, and how you deal with it?
Edit: must not forget about my dog too. He causes me less stress most of the time