Stress PART 2

Here is the reason why I wish to explore stress and how to change one’s life to experience less of it in a few posts: 

In the last post I hinted at the fact that I’ve recently come face to face with stress that ultimately stems from a feeling of powerlessness. I’ve desperately tried to work on alternative ways of making money, as I, for private reasons, no longer see my current occupation as one that I wish to stay in for too long. But instead I’ve found myself feeling tired and burned out. I haven’t gotten nearly as much done as I had hoped and felt guilty for it. It is clear that much of what I’m doing right now isn’t working.

Stress comes in many forms. The obvious one, which I also believe is tied to other forms, is that there never seems to be enough time to do the things that one wants to do. That one always is in a hurry to tick off all of those things on the to-do list. Then comes financial stress. This type of stress ties in with always being in a hurry, because some of those things on the to-do list are supposed to generate money, so that we can get out of the stress of being financially burdened. 

Then there is the stress of not being in control of one’s life. This often means that one does not plan one’s time properly and so comes the time-stress into the picture. And when one is not in control, one makes mistakes that cost money and so there is another stress factor. As many of us messy people know, there are whole organizations and companies that make much of their money from exploiting mistakes of this type. 

The thing is that I started to write these posts a while back. Then I forgot about them and picked them up yesterday, when looking for something to post, since I haven’t kept up with my blogging lately. Oh the irony! Seriously though, I think that it’s some sort of sign that the first post I actually started going through was yesterday’s. So I have known for quite a while that I live in a dysfunctional situation. And I’ve sort of had the solution right in front of me as well. 

It goes something like this: Stop hurrying first! When I hurry, I fail to plan things adequately. Instead I spend loads of time sort of knowing what to do but not really. I end up having to stop and think of every step, both interrupting my work flow and wasting time. When I hurry, I also do things sloppy and have to correct mistakes afterwards. And last but not least, when I feel stressed about things, I fail to take care of things in my everyday life. I become absent minded, so that I put things at places where I don’t find them, miss making payments and in general fail to take care of my everyday life properly. This in turn ends up costing time and money in various ways, which in turn contributes to my stress even more. Can you recognize yourself in any of this?