Monday Morning

Are Your Monday Morning Dreads Likely to Kill You?

Many people dread Monday’s because it means going back to work they don’t enjoy and feeling the stress of their jobs.

If you keep going along in a job you don’t enjoy and thinking this is what life is about, then wake up. Here are some facts that might get your attention: there are 20% more heart attacks on Mondays than any other day and blood pressure readings on Mondays are higher than any other time as well.

Work-related stress can actually kill you!

If your job is causing you stress, it is interfering with your joy each day, the way you interact with friends and family and certainly causing you more illness as it stress weakens the immune system.

Here are some ways to decrease work related stress that might save your life, too!

1. Take breaks during the workday. Get up and take a walk or get some water or just sit and breathe.

2. At the end of the day, imagine your work and office all tied up in a box… then imagine it is sealed up. Now, imagine a beautiful box with your friends, family, hobbies, and other non-work related activities. Open that box and focus on that box only.

3. On your way home, listen to some music or motivation tapes that continue to remove you from thinking about work.

4. When you get home, take a walk or engage in a physical activity that allows you to quiet your mind and shift your focus to winding down.

5. Laugh more. Find time during the day to allow mishaps to become less serious. Look for the humor in life and smile and laugh more.

6. Finally, get a new career if you can’t reduce your stress. If your job stress is going to kill you or is taking away from you experiencing joy each day and we have only a certain amount of days on planet Earth, why choose to be stressed and unhappy?

Stress related complaints account for 75% to 90% of all physician visits and are were almost all illnesses come from. You DO have a choice. Why not “Work Yourself Happy”?

Terri Levine, best selling author of Work Yourself Happy, Coaching for An Extraordinary Life, Stop Managing, Start Coaching and Create Your Ideal Body
http://www.terrilevine.com