Push it to the Sidebar of Life
One of my favorite songs is the Beatles: “Let it Be.”
When I find myself in times of trouble …
Speaking words of wisdom let it be.
We live in the most “multi-tasking” and multi-demanding society in history. The human mind wasn’t created and hasn’t evolved to handle all the stress and demands in a given day. Give yourself that reminder when you miss a deadline or forget to do something. That feeling when you ears feel hot from your sudden blood pressure rising, just remember that is a normal reaction to an overly complicated and fast paced world. Remember the stuff you did accomplish, chances are those outnumber the failures. The wealthy man goes out and buys a condo hotel, the moderately wealthy rents one, and the poor try to reach peace some other way. In the final analysis however, all walks of man can cope with stress the same way: by setting priorities in direction of goals. Here’s how:
If something in front of you is causing you stress, put it over to the “sidebar.” How many people actually read sidebars when they visit blogs? All those widgets in mine could represent the stuff I don’t find as the most pressing needs. The worries in your life can sit over in your “life sidebar” until you have to address them. I am not talking about procrastination, while they are there you can think about them, even takes steps toward dealing with them. ou should not, however, let them stress you out when you have plenty of stuff you need to address on the front page of your life. Pretty soon, the main page will be archives … the sidebar won’t go anywhere and neither will those far off pressing worries of your life! Question for you: When the heat is on and you are stressing, are you able to put it all aside?
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-Damien
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Jessica The Rock Chi
wrote,
I wrote about stress today, too…must be in the air or something!!! Actually, my preferred version of dealing with stress is to clench my teeth together causing my many very expensive trips to the dentist :)
Not good, I know. I’m working on finding other suitable alternatives :)
Jessica The Rock Chis last blog post..Why Won’t The World Stop
Link | April 23rd, 2008 at 12:24 pm
Marcia
wrote,
Great analogy: Side bar.
I realized recently that except for the first 8 years I worked, my jobs all required multi-tasking the entire day, it was mostly reacting to someone’s needs at the moment. It is no wonder I jump from thing to thing now. I combat stress by getting lost in a craft or in my writing.
Marcias last blog post..3WW – Word Power
Link | April 23rd, 2008 at 7:17 pm
Damien Riley
wrote,
@Jessica: Oooh, the teeth grinding … I fight to not do that myself. Looks like another dysfunction we share in common ;)
@Marcia: Yes. I say to lose oneself is one of the marvelous things in life.
Link | April 23rd, 2008 at 7:42 pm
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[...] So next time you find yourself stressed out and overwhelmed by all the things you think you have to do, just remember: You don’t have to. You are in control of what you do and don’t do. As Damien would say take your troubles and Push them to the sidebar of life. [...]
Link | May 1st, 2008 at 9:08 pm