Stress: How to Manage and Overcome

Stress-How to define it? The point where one feels that the brain stops thinking, the blood pressure increases and we just want either to run away from that situation or we just want that the problem gets solved.

When stress becomes too much incorporated within our brain, nothing feels right; we can’t even focus on our daily chores and it also affects one’s personal space.

We all Engineers at this very today’s work ethic style-where stress is being felt in every step now and then; feel sometimes how to overcome it.

It is very essential for every one of us to maintain a healthy balance between both our personal and professional life; so to be fit, healthy and to keep us away from all the upbringing diseases leading from stress.

In my last 17 years of service life, in both private and government sector, I have followed some ways/techniques to overcome stress and would like to pen it down in this note believing that it might help some of the readers to find a way out-

1. At first when you find yourself in a stress situation just exhale-“Breathe in and breathe out.”
2. Just stay silent, close your eyes and say to your heart-“All is well.”
3. When a lot of work is allotted to you, to get it done within a specific time frame, it is essential to first sort out which work is of top priority and which is of less priority. Write down the works in a note book in an ascending manner-top priority to less priority; and then go on working on the works one by one. A lot of work cannot be done by a single individual at one go. It is necessary to sort out the priorities.
4. Some works cannot be completed by a particular individual all by himself. Here comes the word-“Team Work.” Just get up from your desk and talk to your team for sorting out the problems. Lot of our problems gets solved by a healthy discussion.
5. It never makes you feel inferior or you should never feel yourself foolish-if you don’t know an answer or don’t know how to sort out a problem; getting the help of others who have some experience in that particular field helps you to solve the problem and it also helps you to grow up as an individual and also helps you to acquire that skill and knowledge.
6. In our job, I feel that our school result/ engineering degree would ever help to solve all our daily problems; rather day to day learning from our surroundings, from our seniors/juniors and a lot of daily experience helps us to win every battle of our day to day work load.
7. Try to maintain a good workout session in your everyday life. This doesn’t mean that we all have to go to the Gym; if we can have a morning/evening walk or a small yoga session at home, our body feels very much relaxed.
8. It is also essential to maintain a healthy diet in our everyday life. A healthy diet helps to regulate a good blood flow in the body and keeps our mind relax.
9. Try to maintain a regular sleep cycle, at least 7-8 hours of daily sleep which is essential for a healthy mind to think.
10. Always talk with your love ones; your wife/parents/family; they know you better than anyone else and they care for you. So keep taking to them on daily basis as a stress therapy. You don’t need any validation from them and you will feel better rather than taking to your boss or your office team mates. Your boss/office team mates will go on changing with respect to your transfer/promotion; but your family will always remain with you throughout your entire life journey.
11. If you are a parent and have kids, I feel that it is the best blessing/gift from God. Just play with your kids, give time to them and you will feel that your kids are the best stress relievers. No Doctor can ever prescribe such stress reliever medicines (i.e. our dear kids).
12. Always give time to your family and just go out on vacations with them. Utilize your official leaves/holidays and spend time with them as the days spent with them will make you feel as the best memories of your life and also you will feel a great relief from your daily hectic work schedule.
13. Try to enroll some hobbies or find any work that makes you feel happy.
14. Stay hydrated always for a good blood flow in your body, it also helps to relief stress.
15. Always believe in God and show your gratitude towards Him.
16. Lastly there is no problem that cannot be solved or something like permanent problem. There is always a solution to every problem and there is always a new beginning tomorrow.

Always try to embrace every problem/work in your daily life with confidence and with a cute smile. Feel that stress cannot be a part of your life and you have a solution for every problem. We become as we think as an individual; we grow each day.