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Alternative ways of dealing with stress in your life. (The Last Laugh).
(An open letter to my daughter Liz who, as managing editor of a 116-148 page monthly San Diego magazine on lifestyles, also has a certain amount of stress in her life.)
Hi Sweetie,
Glad to know my grandcats Chong and Webster haven't yet torn apart your favorite tomato-colored suit.
We've got an article on dealing with stress in this issue, full of intuitive advice, like eat healthy and exercise regularly and learn to relax. That got me thinking that as editor-to-editor, I should share with you some of my personal secret strategies for dealing with stress. (If I call it my 12 holiday gifts to you, can I get off the hook for buying you presents this season?)
1. Don't take anything or anybody too seriously. Learn to joke and laugh at life's absurdities, and don't be surprised when people do outrageous and stupid things. Life is a pendulum, and it will eventually swing back to neutral and then the other way. Reflect on the fact that our earth is just one of nine planets in a minor galaxy in a minor solar system. Who cares if there's a typo on page 102?
2. Learn that you can't possible control everything. In fact, the only thing you can really control is yourself. When things get heavy and I need to take control, see a new perspective, get immediate gratification that what I've done does indeed make a difference... I rearrange furniture! That's the real reason why you never knew how the family room would look.
3. Let off steam in socially acceptable ways. Bashing another person is not OK in the home or office, but not too bad on the hockey rink. Tennis is good if you pretend the ball is the target of your wrath. Being past the brashness of youth (cough cough), I've found more subtle methods, such as kayaking, swimming, hiking and sex.
- Stress management.
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...subject each deal to the same stress. The second part of the problem...one is to do the portfolio stress test manually by calling around...apply some assumptions and stresses. The result is time consuming...must be repeated for the next stress test request. Another option...
- Stress and the college student.
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Stress is a part of everyone's life. A certain amount of stress is to be expected in daily life, but too much stress may be harmful. A great deal of research has examined the effects of stress on variables such as adaptational outcomes (e...
