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Easy ways to deal with stressful work at home jobs
Here are some simple ways to reduce the stress
related to your home based job:
- Eliminate any stressful situations about your workspace, such as inorganization and clutter, which are very stressful.
- Put a soothing water fountain or similar water feature near your desk where you can hear the soothing sounds all day while you work. (Buy the fountain from a store that has working models on display. Each model will sound different and some will sound far more pleasing and relaxing to you than others.)
- Take very long, relaxing deep breaths anytime you notice you're feeling stressed.
- Make sure your home-based work environment is not decorated to over-stimulate you. Instead of cold whites or alarming reds and oranges make sure your work environment includes soothing colors, such as soothing greens or blues.
- Learn the Serenity Prayer: God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change; courage to change the things I can; and wisdom to know the difference. (If you'd like toorder a poster for your office you can order this prayer in your choice of several absolutely beautiful formats from www.churchofthenativity.com/posters/serenity-prayer-poster.html.
- If you're the kind of person who can commit to a pet for a decade or two and be a good parent to a pet, consider adopting a dog or cat from your local animal shelter. Try to select one that is calm and affectionate, not independent and hyperactive. Take breaks from work in which you share affection or play with your pet.
- Talk to yourself (silently or not) and ask yourself if the things that are stressing you out are really worth getting stress out for. Five years from now, are any of these things going to matter? Don't allow yourself to react to things that are simply not important when you really analyze them.
- Get exercise. Studies show that exercise helps us cope and reduce stress. Previous generations were able to be physical while they worked, thus able to work off daily stress, tension and emotion. Now, we're stuck behind computers being bombarded constantly with more stress with no way to relieve it. Those of us with work at home jobs have the added benefit of flexible schedules so we can exercise at our convenience! (Like when the gym is empty, for example.)
- Slow things down. Are there self-imposed deadlines that can be slowed down?
- Take little mini-breaks throughout the day. Take deep breaths. Pet your cat or dog. Do some stretches. Walk around the yard. Garden for a few minutes.
- Call a friend. Interrupt the stressful pattern so it can't build on itself.
- Drink some chamomile tea while you work or during breaks from your job. Chamomile tea is very calming and quite pleasing during stressful times. Most of us with work at home jobs can stop working and fix ourselves a cup of tea anytime we wish.
- In cases of sudden, extreme stress, try screaming into a pillow for several minutes to relieve the negative emotion. They say no one can hear you. An alternative to pillow screaming is having a good old cry, like kids do when they get stressed out.
- And finally, look at your life and see if you're balancing your hard work with some hard play. You know that old saying, "Work hard. Play hard." All work and no play made Jack a very dull boy (and Jill and very dull girl.). If you're the hard-working type, good for you, but maybe it's time to see if perhaps you're a little too hard-working. It is very important to recharge yourself with relaxing recreation and 'play' that will relieve tension and stimulate your pleasure sensors.
Obviously, if these techniques don't reduce the stress from our home-based careers enough we must consider whether or not we should simply find different jobs. But consider that option carefully: work at home jobs aren't quite as easy to come by as those traditional jobs we're not the slightest bit interested in anymore.
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