Comments on: How To Escape From Stress http://paperweightblog.wordpress.com/2008/03/28/how-to-escape-from-stress/ michael henreckson blogs on productivity, technology, and life Wed, 25 Mar 2009 22:33:16 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Michael Henreckson http://paperweightblog.wordpress.com/2008/03/28/how-to-escape-from-stress/#comment-12 Michael Henreckson Tue, 01 Apr 2008 02:58:01 +0000 http://paperweightblog.wordpress.com/?p=14#comment-12 @Richard The stress you're thinking of must be a different kind than I'm thinking of. :) While there's nothing like a deadline to motivate you to get the job done, I still find stress problematic. Part of the reason for that is that stress is rarely limited to one particular task. Sometimes I have such a multitude of tasks and deadlines pressing that I feel less able to work on any one of them because I'm too stressed out about the quantity of things I have to get done. So I guess the solution is to banish all unnecessary stress from your mind, and keep just enough in mind to get the most important job done. @Richard
The stress you’re thinking of must be a different kind than I’m thinking of. :)

While there’s nothing like a deadline to motivate you to get the job done, I still find stress problematic. Part of the reason for that is that stress is rarely limited to one particular task. Sometimes I have such a multitude of tasks and deadlines pressing that I feel less able to work on any one of them because I’m too stressed out about the quantity of things I have to get done.

So I guess the solution is to banish all unnecessary stress from your mind, and keep just enough in mind to get the most important job done.

]]> By: Richard Millington http://paperweightblog.wordpress.com/2008/03/28/how-to-escape-from-stress/#comment-9 Richard Millington Tue, 01 Apr 2008 01:44:18 +0000 http://paperweightblog.wordpress.com/?p=14#comment-9 I tend to find stress helpful, it wipes out my distractions. It narrows my thinking down to the precise task in hand. Admittedly i'm expecting grey hairs any day now. I tend to find stress helpful, it wipes out my distractions. It narrows my thinking down to the precise task in hand.

Admittedly i’m expecting grey hairs any day now.

]]> By: Michael Henreckson http://paperweightblog.wordpress.com/2008/03/28/how-to-escape-from-stress/#comment-7 Michael Henreckson Fri, 28 Mar 2008 21:44:52 +0000 http://paperweightblog.wordpress.com/?p=14#comment-7 Lol, I've never wanted stress. The problem for me is that I'm a bit of a perfectionist and driven to produce. So I spend too much time on projects or feel guilty that I'm not spending enough. I hate stress though, which is why I think your idea is such a good one. Lol, I’ve never wanted stress. The problem for me is that I’m a bit of a perfectionist and driven to produce. So I spend too much time on projects or feel guilty that I’m not spending enough. I hate stress though, which is why I think your idea is such a good one.

]]> By: Tiffany Monhollon http://paperweightblog.wordpress.com/2008/03/28/how-to-escape-from-stress/#comment-6 Tiffany Monhollon Fri, 28 Mar 2008 21:26:12 +0000 http://paperweightblog.wordpress.com/?p=14#comment-6 I'm curious how everyone else will respond to this idea. I have to confess, it's very, very tempting at times to indulge in stress and let it overtake me. It seems like I almost battle with my own sense of entitlement over being stressed. Like, it's my life, I'll be stressed if I want to! Glare at people who are jerks in traffic! Complain about my computer crashing all day at work! Stress! Actively trying to dispell that myth of needing stress within my life has proven to be one of the most challenge things I've done, but it's really rewarding. I'm hoping to turn it into a long-term commitment. :) I’m curious how everyone else will respond to this idea. I have to confess, it’s very, very tempting at times to indulge in stress and let it overtake me. It seems like I almost battle with my own sense of entitlement over being stressed. Like, it’s my life, I’ll be stressed if I want to! Glare at people who are jerks in traffic! Complain about my computer crashing all day at work! Stress!

Actively trying to dispell that myth of needing stress within my life has proven to be one of the most challenge things I’ve done, but it’s really rewarding. I’m hoping to turn it into a long-term commitment. :)

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