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Smiling Is Not Always Best

June 21, 2008 – 10:35 am
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happy horseOne of the best ways to relax is to smile, even if you don’t fell like smiling.  Because we’ve gone through years of smiling when happy, our subconscious is conditioned to always pair the act of smiling with feeling happy.  This is what I’ve read for years, and it does work … to a point.

A German study has shown that smiling at work when under job stress can do you more harm than good, because you have to go through long periods of being someone you’re not.  Scientist Dieter Zapf for two years studied 4000 human guinea pigs working at a fake customer service call center.  How he measured stress was by monitoring their heart rates.  (Even though call center workers can’t see the people they’re talking to, they are often instructed to smile, anyway).  The more stressed a worker was, their heart beat faster and the easier they got tired.

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Your Cuppa Is Good Enough

June 7, 2008 – 11:02 am
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suggestive_mug_2"I always fear that creation will expire before tea-time."  –  Sydney Smith

I love tea.  No offence is intended to coffee drinkers, but I prefer tea.  As long as you don’t consume too much caffeinated tea, it becomes a great way to relive stress and enjoy one of life’s affordable luxuries. 

That is, if you let it.

One of the most stressful things about living with my ex is that he sniffed at my lack of preference for tea rituals.  We were both homeless most of our relationship (what there was of it) and I was foolish enough to be grateful for any cuppa we could get our freezing cold hands on.  You can get rid of a lot of daily stress by enjoying what you have — if you truly enjoy it.  Don’t let anyone else tell you that you wouldn’t enjoy it so much if you knew about luxury brand X. 

And don’t let them make you do silly tea rituals if it doesn’t make any difference to the taste of your tea.

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Dealing With Cheapskates

June 3, 2008 – 12:05 pm
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cash_flowOne of the most stressful things about running a home business is that some of your clients suddenly decide that they’re not going to pay you.  Let me point out that the Admin for this blog has ALWAYS paid in a timely manner, so I’m not talking about him!

Or, perhaps a good friend or significant other has borrowed a large sum of money from you — and then refuses to pay it back.  This is also stressful.

I call people who promise to pay and then don’t "cheapskates".  You might have another word for them, but let’s stick with one I can print.  How do you deal with these cheapskates?

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Another Kind of Computer Stress

May 25, 2008 – 9:43 am
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man-anger-stress-computerRemember when it was said that computers were going to make out lives so much easier?

I use my Mom’s computer, which is nearly ten years old.  That means it’s about 100 in computer years.  I had a Computer Guy come look at it to see why it’s so slow at times, and he said, "The only way to fix this is to get a new computer."  And thus, the Computer Guy hath spoken. 

Now, I’d love to get a new computer, but I’d also like to sprout wings and fly.  I’ve got a feeling the spontaneous appearence of wings from my shoulders is more likely to happen than the new computer, especailly when we’re getting hit so hard with the recession (oh –excuse me — "Economic slowdown"). 

So, how am I dealing with a cranky old computer and this new kind of computer stress?  Not too badly.  Here’s how.

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Study Shows Relaxing At Work Key

May 16, 2008 – 2:36 pm
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office-relaxing-desk-3Stressed out at work? Maybe we should move to Italy.

A promising Italian study’s results were published this month in Cepalagia: An International Journal of Headache.  Although the study centered on reducing headaches in the workplace, it also showed reduction in neck and shoulder pains, often caused by tension due to stress.  Healthier workers can lead to more productive workers, less prone to calling off of work or making mistakes on the job due to pain.  Just by taking a few minutes every two or three hours to stretch or use a heating pad gave dramatic results.

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