Ive been reading a bunch on stress (given Im a workaholic) and Ive done some thinking: I rarely ever feel stressed so I never have to deal with it. Ive never understood why this is, though. Maybe Im stress proof, maybe its how I live my life My question to you is:
How do you deal with stress?
Do you ever lock yourself in the library for days at a time? Do you try to work harder and faster on the task at-hand? Do you work on the easier task first? Do you stop and take deep breaths? Do you tap your pen or move your leg up and down thousands of times a second? Do you tell yourself that the situation isnt as bad as it seems? Do you retreat and ignore everything else going on?
If you find yourself doing any of these things you may want to read more about the different ways to approach stress.
Reactive: Reactive approaches are the easiest. Its as simple as responding to stress and trying to cope with it once it arises. This includes stopping and taking a deep breath or quickly tapping your pen and even writing faster. Sure, reactive equals immediate but is limited to the short-term.
Proactive: Being proactive is about developing resiliency strategies: how you spring back to normalcy after being stretched in a hundred directions. This includes conditioning yourself to deal with stress (healthy diet, exercise, relaxation) and even reshaping your personality.
Enactive: Being enactive means creating an environment that eliminates stressors. This is the hardest approach because it takes a lot of work and a lot of time. Though, the benefits are permanent. For many their strategies include time management and even redesigning the way they approach work.
In the coming days Ill address my personal strategies but, once again, I submit to you:
How do you deal with stress?
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I’m pretty reactive to my stress problems. I think it’s silly to try and create an environment of no stress because I realized that a lot of my stress comes from unexpected things, and things you can’t predict. I deal with stress mostly by taking long walks or talking to somebody that I know is easy to talk to…so pretty much things that distract me. My roommate does yoga to reduce stress.
Interesting, I’ll talk about a few things I feel can be done to create that environment. Perhaps I live a pretty predictable life. Or maybe you’ve already created that stress-free envionment and the rest you can’t ever prepare for…