~Work Stress Is Real~

Work stress is something that I have never had to deal with until recently and let me tell you it does not feel good at all. I am a person that does not like to stress about anything and I am always relaxed and in good spirits. In fact I pride myself on being upbeat and having a great view of life and day to day activities. I think my problem lies with being surprised. I am a planner and was born a planner. I am a Libra and us Libra's we need some order to survive in life honey let me tell you! Being able to plan my days and weeks and just go with the flow is something that brings me ease.

For me the problem lies with being surprised, I do not take surprises well at all, and I am working with that trying to get better with it. Change... well I am able to adapt to change as long as I have a notice of it before it happens. I am not a spur of the moment type of person I need order in my life like I need air to breathe. Surprises add on to my work related stress and it takes a toll on me almost draining me of my good energy and affecting my body which is not a good thing once health gets involved.

I am now taking steps to learn to adapt to work stress and all of the fun and not so fun surprises that my job has in store for me. I feel that the best thing to do in a situation where you have a stressful job environment is find a stress reliever or relievers and put your energy into that to de-stress after work. I feel that a great stress reliever is anything that brings you joy that will not physically harm you in any way. Video games, traveling, movies and music are all great ways to help you feel better and get your mind off of work and the long day that you have had. Exercise is another great way to relax and help with a long day of stress and tension. Not to mention you will have a great nights sleep if you have worked out earlier in the day.

At the end of the day work stress is real and I know in order to defeat this I need to be able to feel my emotions that I have with this situation and adapt to all of the surprises and the added work loads and everything that comes with the job. Once you come to the realization of something regardless of what that something is then you will be able to plan and prepare accordingly. Who plans for surprises? Yep that would be me :)