We all have stress to deal with in our everyday lives. Work, money, health, relationships, family, friends, pets.... they all both relieve and create stress. Learning how to manage and deal with those things and prioritize them is a very difficult thing. Learning how to make it work to your advantage is even worse...
With the way the economy is going, we are ALL kinda in panic mode in some way about what this means to our jobs, our homes, our futures. Everything is up in the air, and that scares the CRAP out of us all. I'm not immune to it, and I have found myself listening to the news more and more every day. Now, that might acutally be the problem... we all listen to these reports and we're not sure what to make of it... we all get that Chicken Little syndrome and prepare for the worst.
That's not to say that things are bad, and that they can't get worse. They can and most likely WILL before they get better. This alone is enough to stress us as we try and figure out what this means to our jobs and how we're going to pay for what we have, as most of us really won't be getting a "bailout" ( as I cringe using that buzzword ) and we'll be expected to actually PAY for what we have bought. Funny, concept huh?
Having these fears affects our thought processes related to most basic decisions, let alone the big ones in our lives.. Pile this on top of usual work stuff, like co-workers, bosses, and other outside work issues, and you have a nice soup of strain and doubt and despair that can bring many to thier breaking points.
What can we do to manage all this? How do you get your fears in a triage state of mind... putting the big fears and real concerns in front of the little things that while are annoying, they're not critical to our lives. I hope I am doing a good job of staying level-headed and rational in these wierd times of change in the world.
Not sure I actually WENT anywhere with this, but I guess I can't worry about that... it's a little thing.
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