Are you Stressed Yet?
Friday, November 09, 2007

Are you feeling tense? Take this quick test (Try not to chew the pencil!!) to find out.

1. The following is a list of stress-related symptoms. Check off all that apply.

a. You consider Rolaids a pizza topping.
b. During your last doctor's exam, the bp cuff exploded.
c. There are teeth marks on your steering wheel.
d. The picture to the left is your actual drivers license photo.
e. Your "last straw" was several bales ago.

2. Over stressed people sometimes are short tempered have you found other people:

a. Have put warning flares around your desk.
b. Suddenly disappear when you walk down the hall.
c. Holler "There she blows" when they see you.
d. Suddenly decided to take the stairs when you enter the elevator.
e. Wear a hard hat and ear protectors when putting a report on your desk.

3. A too busy schedule can result in too much stress. Are you so busy that:

a. You use Lee-Press on clothes.
b. You eat your Lean Cuisine frozen.
c. You have time only for 5 items on Letterman's Top Ten List.
d. You go to work wearing your bathrobe and fuzzy slippers.
e. You forget to pick up your child from day care.

4. How many of these stress management books do you actually own?

a. Women Who Run with Wolves, Run from Wolves and Clean Up After Wolves.
b. Men Are From Mars; Who Cares?
c. How To Make Friends and Influences ( Who has the time or energy?)
d. All I Really Need to Know about Stress I learned in Kindergarten.
e. The Golden Parachute ( Has yours turned to Lead?)

5. Too much stress can lower your resistance to life's little annoyances. Which of the following would push your stress button.

a. You finish your 10th glass of water only to find that ladies' room is out of order.
b. You can't get a hold of your true friends (Ben and Jerry, Sara Lee, and Little Debbie!)
c. You accidentally put cream rinse in your coffee instead of coffee creamer.
d. Your husband doesn't answer quickly enough when you ask if another woman is looking better than you.
e. You start to watch the movie "Thelma and Louise" and everyone in your home says to you, "You know they die in the end don't ya?"

6. Over stressed people don't take time to smell the roses. Which of the following do you miss the most?

a. Adult conversation.
b. Long lunches (Actually chewing your food does not count as a long lunch!)
c. Vacations (The incident of run-away-mothers is increasing all the time!)
d. Taking a bubble bath. (Although while washing dishes you occasionally put your elbows in the soapy water and pretend.
e. Going to the movies (The last grown-up film you saw was Titanic. It had something to do with a boat and jewelry.)

YOUR SCORE: If you actually took this test, you're definitely over stressed. Hope you got a giggle from this....just remember that laughter can help you gain perspective and de-stress your life.

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Stress Managment
Thursday, September 20, 2007
Quote of the Day: "People rarely succeed unless they have fun in what they are doing." - Dale Carnegi

The following is an email I received that I want to remember.
Stress Management
A lecturer when explaining stress management

to an audience,
raised a glass of water and asked
"How heavy is this glass of water?"

Answers called out ranged from 20g to 500g.

The lecturer replied, "The absolute weight doesn't matter.
It depends on how long you try to hold it.

If I hold it for a minute, that's not a problem.

If I hold it for an hour, I'll have an ache in my right arm.

If I hold it for a day, you'll have to call an ambulance.

In each case, it's the same weight, but the longer I hold it,

the heavier it becomes."

He continued,

"And that's the way it is with stress management.

If we carry our burdens all the time, sooner or later,

as the burden becomes increasingly heavy,

we won't be able to carry on. "

"As with the glass of water,

you have to put it down for a while and rest

before holding it again.

When we're refreshed, we can carry on with the burden."

"So, before you return home tonight,

put the burden of work down.

Don't carry it home.

You can pick it up tomorrow.

Whatever burdens you're carrying now,

let them down for a moment if you can."

So, my friend, Put down anything

that may be a burden to you right now.

Don't pick it up again until after you've rested a while.

Lord, teach me to put my burden down and rest.

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