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UGH! I am so stressed out! I barely have time to come on the forum! It seems like I always have to be somewhere. So, until I have more free time, does anybody have tips on how to relieve stress?

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Muffins are just like ugly cupcakes.
But we love them anyways.

Buy Resident Evil 4. Shoot some Ganado in the head. Watch the stress melt away.

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Okay... Well, thanks for the tip!

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Muffins are just like ugly cupcakes.
But we love them anyways.

Four Tips for Reducing Stress

1. Laugh. When you laugh, you actually cause a pleasurable change in your body’s chemistry that lasts as long as 45 minutes. So take in a comedy at the movies, watch a funny television show, or invite friends over for a game of charades.

2. Pets. Physical contact with pets or even just their presence has been proved to be therapeutic for hospital patients. Play with your dog, hold your cat, or sing to your bird: all of these activities can help reduce blood pressure and bring a feeling of calm.

3. Nature. The soothing, stress-relieving power of nature has been recognized for centuries. Many hospitals and health centers now make “nature areas” a part of their therapeutic environment. And when properly tailored to the individual’s conditioning and enjoyment, physical exercise can help reduce stress and anxiety. Take a walk outside!

4. Music. Music’s calming effect has been proved during dental procedures, during labor, before and after surgery, and in emergency rooms. This effect is probably due to music’s ability to distract and soothe.

Stress Relief Bath

Add the following to a warm bath and soak your cares away.

INGREDIENTS

3 drops bergamot essential oil
2 drops clary sage essential oil
2 drops lavender essential oil
2 drops neroli essential oil
2 drops sandalwood essential oil

Stress-Reducing Visualization

This may be performed in the tub along with your stress relief bath formula, or sitting in a chair.

1. Close your eyes and simply take a deep breath. Breathe in calmness and exhale tension, breathe with your belly, imagining that your lungs are sitting right behind your belly button. To fill them with air, relax your abdomen, and let it expand with each breath. Slowly inhale for a count of 8, filling your belly, and slowly exhale to the count of 8.

2. Do a few repetitions of this and then, starting with the top of the head, release the tension from tour muscles one by one, all the way to your toes and back up again. Continue to breathe in relaxation and exhale tension.

3. Now that your body feels soft and relaxed, allow your awareness to come inside yourself. Visualize yourself walking on a path among trees. In front of you is a gate. Open the gate and step in to a beautiful garden.

4. You see and smell beautiful flowers. You see lush palm trees, fruit trees, and tropical blossoms with sweet fragrances. Touch them. . . inhale the aromas. Each time you inhale, you feel more calm and relaxed. Listen to the singing birds, Feel the calm, gentle breeze.

5. A wonderful feeling of peace and joy drifts through your mind and flows through your body. Visualize a magnificent cool waterfall. As you step into it, feel the clean, refreshing water cleansing you from the top of your head down to your toes, washing away every bit of stress and anxiety. Allow your being to be restored on all levels.

6. Now project your thoughts forward. In a vision, see yourself in what might be a stressful situation, but allow the exquisite feeling of relaxation to continue to soothe your thoughts. Allow the relaxed state you are feeling now to weave a tapestry of a totally stress-free consciousness into your vision. Your mind and body are being conditioned to respond calmly to stress.

7. Open your eyes slowly and take with you this calm and relaxing feeling, remembering you can always return to this peaceful garden of serenity that is your own private sanctuary.

HELPFUL HINTS: Please be sure to buy only pure essential oil. If you are pregnant or have a serious medical problem, please be sure to consult a health professional before using essential oils.

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good tips, bwave, please tell us more!

Aaaaaall right!


Simple Tips to Relieve Stress in Your Work Day



A messy, cluttered office can result in incomplete work, missed deadlines and lost information. Your desk is not a storage locker, it's a work surface. It is time to remove those piles of paper occupying your desktop, floor and shelves.

The worst decision you can make is not making a decision about those piles, because no paperwork decision = greater paper buildup. All documents need to have a home, just as your silverware, pots and pans and dishes have their specific homes in your kitchen.

There really aren't very many choices for processing paper. Tossing into the circular file is a very good option for some. Others to files for future reference, or your follow up system for papers you need at some later time, plus an ongoing project system, or passing some on to staff if you can.

Remember, the time spent searching through your office for a piece of paper, phone number or customer's address is unproductive time and only increases stress. Allowing a few minutes each day to process paperwork pays off in time saved. As your business and responsibilities grow, so does the amount of paper. Don't let it pile up, as this is when opportunities are lost and stress and chaos set in.

Control how others affect your productivity. Where is it written that every time the phone rings you MUST answer it? If the constant intrusions cut your productivity, decide when you will answer it and when you will let others (staff, voice mail or a message recorder) answer the phone for you.

Occasionally you will need quiet time to work on a project or report, to prepare a speech or presentation, or work up an estimate. That's one time to let the phone be answered for you.

If your business is home based, establish clear rules for how and when, if ever, you may be distracted by family members. Let them know a closed door always means "do not disturb," or "knock first." This may be hard to enforce at times. Explain that by working uninterrupted, tasks are accomplished expeditiously, and in the long run you will have more time to spend with family. In a business office with several people working in a restricted area, the tendency is to chitchat and gossip during the day. This is a great waste of productive time. By tactfully removing yourself and discouraging socializing, you have gained that time back.

Being organized requires commitment - your commitment - to try something new and to break old bad habits. The methods and techniques I offer are simple, easy to learn, and I guarantee they will work and your job will be a whole lot easier. You will also notice that you are less stressed.

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are you a doctor?, or, perhaps, an information SPONGE?

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TIPS TO RELIVE STRESS
STEP 1: Xbox 360

STEP 2: Dead Rising

STEP 3: ????

STEP 4: PROFIT

Easy as 1 2 3.

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Oh this should totally become a thread where you talk about what you are currently stressed about.

How Ya Feelin' is pretty much that. I think this would better serve as the "Methods for Stress Relief" thread.

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EINOO'S PATENTED METHOD FOR STRESS RELIEF
1. Park your butt in front of the computer.
2. Don't get off the computer.
3. Repeat.

(note: this doesn't seem to work very well)

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So, so you think you can tell Heaven from Hell, blue skies from pain. Can you tell a green field from a cold steel rail? A smile from a veil? Do you think you can tell?

sex helps relieve stress.
so does alcohol.
and illegal drugs.

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I'm afraid that's one a lot of us will never get.

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Drumming on stuff helps me let out a buncha stress. Doesn't matter if you use pencils or real drumsticks or whatever. Just bang that Rule 6 out.

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lol listen to this man.

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STRESS RELIEF TIPS

1. Get a bat.
2. Sit in comfortable chair.
3. Beat stress out of self.
4. Rinse and repeat.
5. JJJEEENNKKIIINNNSSS..

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you'd be surprised...

Yeah, you ruined it for the rest of us.

Especially with that 4chan avatar, there...

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Hey! Thanks for the tips! But, FYI I'm just a kid, sooooo... I really don't get around to buisness or alchohol! But, thank you, everybody!

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Muffins are just like ugly cupcakes.
But we love them anyways.

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You're playing Team Fortess 2... you are a heavy and you have two medics... you are taking out everone on the other team so easy... another medic aproaches... THEN HE TURNS INTO A SPY AND STABS YOU IN THE SPINE!
SPY PWNS ALL!

My many methods of ineffective stress relief:
1. Sit in front of computer until a friend come online. Then whine at them.
2. Scream.
3. Videogames.
4. Reading. (My most commonly used one)
5. Watching a cartoon or film.
6. Hang out with a friend. (If only my social life was that alive... most of my friends are touring Belgium until Thursday.)

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The MS DOS of social situations...

So you're stressed eh? Well allow me to provide my input by transcribing an excerpt from a little comic called Life In Hell by Matt groening. If this doesn't work, nothing WILL!

"You are not trapped. There is a way out. You just have to use the poers of your own mind.

Turn your thoughts inward. Imagine a flower.

You see before you a thing of sublime, breathtaking beauty, of indescribably pleasant fragrance.

For a few moments, savor the flower's simple perfection. Slowly begin to become aware that this is no ordinary flower, but a flower of special magical powers.

Watch serenely as the flower begins acting as a sponge for all the negativity that swirls around you.

All the difficulties and frustrations and anger and bitterness in the air are soaking into that sweet little flower.

Now the flower begins to pull the bad feelings you have about yourself out of you and into its delicate petals.

You gaze in steady wonderment at the magical flower, which sucks in all the remaining evil and badness in the world, while the flower itself remains in a state of unsulled purity.

You are now cleansed."

And if that doesn't work... I don't know... Just blare really loud and raunchy heavy metal and draw humiliating pictures of the things that stress you out the most!

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