Easy Ways to Handle Workplace Stress

Posted: April 21, 2014

[caption id="attachment_11856" align="alignright"]Image from dumblittleman.com[/caption]Workplace stress is a very common occurrence. From taking on more than you can handle to disagreements with co-workers, things that trigger stress are everywhere. Take a deep breath and learn how to cope with work stress.

[caption id="attachment_11856" align="alignright"]Image from dumblittleman.com[/caption]Workplace stress is a very common occurrence. From taking on more than you can handle to disagreements with co-workers, things that trigger stress are everywhere. Take a deep breath and learn how to cope with work stress.

Jo Casey, writer for DumbLittleMan, shares how to deal with the stress the workplace can bring.

5 Ways To Cope With Workplace Stress

Workplace stress happens to the best of us. Even if you love your job, there are going to be days where you are likely to feel overwhelmed, overwrought or just plain stressed out. Things won’t always go your way.

People won’t always deliver things to you on time, or do things the way that you’d want them to. Deadlines get moved, pressure gets ramped up and clients can be a nightmare.

The more importance you put on your work, the more stressful it can become. But that doesn’t mean you should start slacking and not putting so much into what you do – well, not really. Think about it – that job you had when you were in college or as a teen wasn’t that stressful was it? Probably because you didn’t have so much self esteem, financial dependency or investment in it. Now we get caught up in the ‘what if I never get another job?’ or ‘what will people think of me if this goes wrong/I’m not a success/don’t get my bonus?’ We carry a lot a mental baggage about our jobs that makes that much more pressured.

Read the entire article 5 Ways to Cope With Workplace Stress on DumbLittleMan.