Releasing the pressure inside, wisely and periodically, turn down uncontrolled stress !

I was talking to a friend of mine a few days ago. We chatted about almost everything, and I was asking him how was he fairing at work lately?

Surprisingly, (as some of us are jobless) he was telling me that he was very busy, so busy that he has been working almost 12 to 16 hours a day for the pass few months! And he still has to carry on for the next few months until the incoming inquiry for his company products slow down or there is an increase in the workforce in the office to lighten the burden.

I was curious and surprise!! How envious I am of his company, as the markets in general is not doing well!

He told me that he just changed to this new job and he is sort of being ‘programmed’ in a way that he needs to reply dozens of email a days and also to prepare proposal and quotations for all the incoming jobs inquiries (he wish he could) ASAP, beginning from the second day he was in the new job!

Unfortunately, that is not the end of the story; his direct superior was so busy that he received no coaching and guide from his boss and also because he is new to the job, the systems, the products; almost everything he was starting then, has to be done in an intensive on-job learning manner.

To add salt to the wound, the one and only senior colleague reporting to the same boss who was instructed to provide guidance and help did nothing to help, but made life difficult by simply pretending to help. Sounds familiar??

Fear on the new environment, worries of the quality and suitability of the proposals and relevancy of the quotations, concerns of his performance in the new job, and all other sorts of stresses keeps adding pressure!!

Wow, what a tragedy!!

However, I am truly astounded and impressed by his attitude reflected in the conversation that took place after:
We are not the hot tempered youngster as we were those days. Control your temper wisely. We are the ones who should take control of the anger and stress within, before our panic-stricken and mindless reaction take over that will turn out to be something regrettable soon after.

Release whatever the pressure building up inside you, before it explodes! Don’t you ever become a pressure vessel loading endlessly without a release valve in place! Release it every so often by whatsoever means that work for you; perhaps by taking a deep breath, a cool bath, a stroll in the park, a hearty laugh, a shouting contest with yourself, or many other methods to overcome the brainless stressing behaviors that might rule your life out!

When you without pressure, you will think wisely and well!

What a significant effect a release valve can do, so go find the valves in you. Will you?

Cheers...
Salt

The first fight: Battle of the Stresses

A buddy of mine and I decided that we've had enough!! We've finally decided to draw the line here. Work, job, career, money churner, stepping stone...whatever you call it wherever you're from, my bet is that you too have the same struggle against the common enemy, STRESS.

My buddy, nick named Salt and I came to work together in the same office about 6 years ago. We've endured long and tough work loads and ever demanding situations and bosses during the two years I was with the company. Four years has passed since I left the company, yet the nightmares of stress that I underwent is still vivid in my memory. I thought I had left for good the stress when I tendered my resignation, but lo and behold I was served larger and newer bowls of pain the last four years in my various "adventures" in other jobs. When I met up with my buddy Salt recently, I was not surprise to discover that he too was enduring similar pain at work.

Thus, we decided that we had to do something about it. We decided that we had to find a way to overcome stress. Not necessarily that the work in the office was bad or that you have a nasty boss, but work in itself will inadvertently have the tendency to promote a sense of tense, ie: STRESS.

If you can't beat them, join them!

If stress is always present and real, we shouldn't deny it. Neither should we close our eyes and try to wish it away. Instead, we have to confront the enemy. We have to embrace stress. We have to OVERCOME stress.

So the battle begins. We are dedicating our lives and time to search for solutions and strategies to managing stress. This is the reason for this weblog.
It is our intention that we can share with our friends all over the world, what we have experienced and could find to aid in the constant battles against stress. We hope that you will benefit from this, and also contribute and add to this log your own experiences and encouragement.

It is said that one of the best ways to release stress is to verbalize it. So please by all means, verbalize it here as we will.

Hope you'll enjoy as much as we hope to....cheers..... :)

Light...out...