Tension and Stress

Back from an awesome vacation. Still filled with beautiful memories of Hong Kong and much more than that the carefree time spent there. It took all my will power to get back into the office mood and join the work. This getting back in to the system will take some more time. Not even unpacked fully yet. During my last days of holidays, I was feeling a bit home sick too. The most I was missing was my car. Of course the public transport system of Hong Kong is very good as compared to India. But still the freedom of own car and movement is invaluable. 

So basically I am not happy staying at one place for too long. Hopefully I will get back into the routine in next few days.

When I joined back in office, I came to know that one of my colleagues was highly stressed over some official matters. He had even lost his appetite and was not even sleeping well. When I left he was a charming, sweet person with a jolly nature. Now he was looking so dull, eyes red with lack of sleep and smile was almost gone permanently. 

Of course, there is stress in all the professions. All jobs are demanding. A little bit of stress may be OK. But losing peace of mind over some office trouble is not. We must keep a watch on this. It is also known to all these days that stress is one of the main reason for many prevailing diseases. 

I would like to share my stress relieving method. Who knows, this might help you. Whenever something is bothering me, I think about  importance of that thing after a period of time. For example. - If today I am stressed about one big order being completed on time. Even after my doing my best something goes wrong and the order is not completed and company is at loss and I may have to face the management on the targets. Or if somebody is behaving bad with me today. How important will it be for me in 20 years time? For sure, I will not even remember it. And I keep this power of time in my mind, which saves me from stress most of the times.

It is also a good thing that the bad/stressed/tension times are forgotten much faster. Which is why most people when talking about their past tell about how good their past was, the School times, College times, dating times. They will not talk about any tensions or stress. If you ask any School or college student, they will be having much more tension than us (office going people). Fortunately with the power of time he/she will also not remember these tensions and remember only the good times.

Hope you all have tension free lives.



PS. There are exceptions.