Again, this is not my writing, and I am not recommending actions for or against whatever it says. Just sharing.
My Disclaimer
First of all, let me take the time for a brief disclaimer:
All this information does not spring forth from my head as some sort of act of self regeneration on my part. I do, in fact, read other people's articles, books, websites, listen to the occasional doctor if it seems like they are about to make sense, and have conversations with other people too. So, I am not in any way, shape or form, claiming to be an expert who comes up with all their own plans, ideas, and ideals.
Some times I know who I am quoting or where I am quoting from and I give credit where credit is due. Sometimes I am very busy and forget to take notes, but I remember to place a link somewhere on one of my sites later, or make a brief mention in a post, or in some other way acknowledge the person/site/doctor/book that I got the information from. Of course, sometimes, I have things that clang around in my head for a good long while, years even, and eventually I get reminded of them or for some other reason decide to type them up. Sometimes I mix advice from myself and others, or just others, together and give it a new twist. So ... if you think I should have given you credit for something you read on my sites, I cannot even begin to tell you if you are right or not. But, by all means, if you have advice that is helpful to people, post away!!
15 Tips to Destress and Gain Energy by Arletta Sloan
1. Go to sleep and wake up at a regular time everyday. This does not mean to always wake up sometime between 6-10 A.M. and go to bed between 9 - 11:30 PM.
This means, figure out what time you need to get up to be clean, fed, dressed, and neither feel too rusehd or too tired to go to work. Then get up at that time on every morning, even on the weekends.
Likewise, figure out what time you need to go to bed by to be awake at that time which will allow you to accomplish this, and then always go to bed at that time.
Also, this is not really an always, this is an almost always. If you are being proposed to, at your parents anniversary party, invited to go to a wonderful event that would keep you up too late .. for goodness sake, have a little fun. Just don't make it a regular thing to shirk your schedule. Because, and this I know from experience, it really helps! You will feel better, be happier, look better, and give an overall better impression of yourself to your boss, lover, family, the police officer who pulls you over for speeding, etc.
You may also find, since you are less tired in general, once you get used to the schedule, that you will get more work done both at home and at work and have more time for family, friends, and fun. Honest!
2. Remove all work related items from your bedroom. Similarly, remove all bedroom related items from your work. Keeping those two, or three as the case may be, areas of life firmly separated helps you to sleep better and lessens the chances of either being sued for sexual harassment or divorce. There, less stress, more energy, already!
For those of you who must have a home office, here are some tips that may help you to either free up space to place the office in another part of your home or to disguise it so that it will have the feeling of being in another room, at least:
a) Probably the quickest, simplest method: Buy a Japanese ( or really any nationality of) screen to
put around your work station / between your bed and the work station, so that when you are laying
in bed you won't see the computer staring at you, for instance.
Which does not mean the computerwon't stare at you! Oh no, it will keep staring, just like some
sort of hyperbrained Christine sans wheels. It wants to eat your toes!!!!!! Yet, your toes seldom go
near the computer so you don't have to worry unless there is an earthquake, which enables the
monitor, the part with teeth, to pretend to fal lto the floor and bite them. That's why when monitors fall
on your toes, it makes them bleed .. they have been bitten.
The screen, you see, works in sort of the same fashion against computers that the bed sheet
does against boogey men and other things that go bump in the night, such as K.C. and the Sunshine band. Therefore, you will feel less stressed out with the screen in place, where you
won't be able to see the computer slobbering in the throws of toe lust and you will know it can't
get you while you sleep. Which is good, as I suspect, after reading this relevatory article, you
will need all the help you can get. Goodness knows, I do!
b) If you have a staircase in the house you might be able to open up the section under it, if you haven't already, and put your home office there. If you are renting, I don't suggest you try it, unless
you have a surprisingly nice landlord. In which case, get their written, signed and dated, permission
beforehand.
c) Build or "build" a wall in your room, to section off a space for your home office. You can do this
in any room where you have the space available.
Though, yo must take into account things like, will the noise of the room's inhabitants keep you from getting your taxes done. If so, don't build in the kids room, for instance, which is just good solid advice for anyone who doesnt' want jelly smudges on all their important documents and/or a visit
from some unpleasant state agency or another.
For more elaborate ideas ( or, at least, better instructions) go here:
3) Take breaks: Every 15 minutes, stand, stretch, and look into the distance.
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