I’ve recently been feeling a bit run down, so I went back to some of my good ol’ self help audios 🙂 It’s funny how you often hear the right stuff at the right time. I happened to start listening to something about good physical health. Now, normally, I expect to hear the standard stuff like eat better, get more sleep, exercise, etc. Either way, I was hoping for a little motivation boost. Happily, I got some new tidbits that really hit home.
The number one thing that can impact your health is stress. Well, let me tell you, stress often tends to hit me. A good little story I heard about the zebra. Zebra spend most of their time with little to no stress, but occassionally when I lion starts chasing them, they get a massive jolt of stress. Now, this sort of stress is obviously beneficial. It boosts adrenaline, and diverts your resources to survival. But, what happens when you live every day under stress. It doesn’t matter if it real or perceived, your body can’t tell the difference. So when your system is constantly diverting valuable resources to daily stress, things like your immune system and general well being all suffer.
Currently, I’ve been under some additional stress. Between busy time at work, traveling, Buying a house for my Mom, getting my Mom moved from WI to SC, plus all the financial worries that go along with this. Personally, I have too much stress around finances as it is. Growing up in an environment where finances were always in short supply, it has had the effect making me borderline paranoid when it comes to money. I like to have my big chunk of savings, and not exceed my normal spending budgets. In my case, this is irrational, because I’ve built up enough savings to take care of the family for a while if anything happens, plus all the different insurances if anything really goes wrong. Short story, I should NOT be stressing out about money. So the #1 thing I walked away with is that I need to focus on removing the irrational stresses from my life. It would be great to get rid of more than that… but hey, start small and work my way up.
How much stress do you have in your life? How much is silly or irrational? how can you get it under control? Wish I could answer this… that’s my next stop. if I figure it out, I’ll be sure to let you know.
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