How Do You Handle Stress?? - Page 12

desertgrandma · 10-18-2010, 05:15 PM

Someday I'd like to know what "The blue one next to the fish" actually is...........

ShortNCuddlyAm · 10-18-2010, 05:20 PM

A very good stress reliever

vivaldirules · 10-18-2010, 05:22 PM

When you figure that out, DG, be sure to stick this label on it so the rest of us will know, too.

WT Sharpe · 10-18-2010, 06:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by desertgrandma

Someday I'd like to know what "The blue one next to the fish" actually is...........

I thought I already answered that!

https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...165#post944165

(Scroll up to picture #19.)

bjones6416 · 10-18-2010, 11:57 PM

This stress thread has been interesting to me because, as I've mentioned probably more times than anyone here wants to hear, I retired last month in order to take care of some personal obligations including taking care of my elderly mother. I'm pretty young to retire -- 53 -- but I've worked full-time since I was 17 and I'm ready for a break. I may enter the job market again with something part-time later on but right now I need to be here, doing this. Anyway, today I met an old friend for lunch for the first time since I retired. He couldn't get over how "relaxed" I seemed to be. I've gotten the same comment from a couple of other people, too. It made me wonder -- did I give off a "buzz" of low-level stress constantly the whole time I was working? To hear my friends talk, I must have. The things that worry me now are probably more important than anything I ever did in my job, but they are MY worries -- my family, my finances, etc. Unlike my job, these things are at least partially under my control, and maybe that's what makes the difference.

Or maybe it's just that I'm getting more sleep.

ShortNCuddlyAm · 10-19-2010, 07:55 AM

I'm currently dealing with stress by listening to a colleague enter his 5th hour of trying to get Adobe to reset his password for their licensing website (that's 5 hours in total, not 5 hours in one go. But only 6 calls)

kindlekitten · 10-19-2010, 08:39 AM

oh my! one of those urges to reach through the phone line and choke the hell out of someone?

ShortNCuddlyAm · 10-19-2010, 08:50 AM

Definitely!

poohbear_nc · 10-19-2010, 08:55 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kindlekitten

oh my! one of those urges to reach through the phone line and choke the hell out of someone?

Phone calls to/from hell are the source of some of my worst work-place stress. When I know I have to call the "800" number and talk to non-native English speakers. After one particularly trying episode I was found in my office slamming the phone receiver into the top of my desk. Folks suggested I might like to take a walk - in the rain - and I did.

kindlekitten · 10-19-2010, 08:57 AM

yeah, been there, done that ;o(

Lo Zeno · 10-19-2010, 10:01 AM

When I have to let out some steam, I go to the fencing school and begin swordfighting with my friends.

By "swordfighting" I mean this:

or this http://www.compagniazoiosa.it/le-nostre-foto

Works like a charm!

poohbear_nc · 10-19-2010, 10:05 AM

Yoicks! Are those broadswords? Claymores?

bjones6416 · 10-19-2010, 10:05 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lo Zeno

When I have to let out some steam, I go to the fencing school and begin swordfighting with my friends.

By "swordfighting" I mean this:

or this http://www.compagniazoiosa.it/le-nostre-foto

Works like a charm!

Very cool!

Lady Fitzgerald · 10-19-2010, 10:30 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kindlekitten

oh my! one of those urges to reach through the phone line and choke the hell out of someone?

How well I know that urge!

Lady Fitzgerald · 10-19-2010, 10:34 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by poohbear_nc

Phone calls to/from hell are the source of some of my worst work-place stress. When I know I have to call the "800" number and talk to non-native English speakers. After one particularly trying episode I was found in my office slamming the phone receiver into the top of my desk. Folks suggested I might like to take a walk - in the rain - and I did.

I feel your pain! I have to deal with those morons at home. There are companies I will not do business with because of it. It's not so much they do not speak English well or speak it with a heavy accent (even just the latter can be annoying), it's they actually do not know what the heck they are doing.

View Poll Results: How Do You Handle Stress?
I drink	10	9.62%
I take pills.	7	6.73%
I drink AND take pills	5	4.81%
I excercise. (running, workouts, whatever)	27	25.96%
I meditate, use a relaxation technique or bio-feedback	19	18.27%
I cry	18	17.31%
I come to MobileRead and lose myself in the Lounge	30	28.85%
I play online games/surf the net	27	25.96%
I watch TV	19	18.27%
I read	57	54.81%
I have a hobby......please post what it is.	17	16.35%
I use one of those little "stress balls"	3	2.88%
I throw one of those little stress balls at someone	7	6.73%
I sleep	27	25.96%
I eat	28	26.92%
I kick my kids, dog (s), cat (s) wife, husband, who/whatever happens to be nearest	3	2.88%
The blue one next to the fish.	11	10.58%
None of the above....please post what you do.	11	10.58%
I'm not voting, I just want to keep track of what others do.	1	0.96%
I eat bacon and donuts (or a bacon-filled donut.)	2	1.92%
I pray.	9	8.65%
I go shopping.	4	3.85%
I smoke.	9	8.65%
I turn to my dog(s)/cat(s)/squirrel(s)/llama(s)/whatever animal(s) for comfort	16	15.38%
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10-18-2010, 05:15 PM	#166
desertgrandma Enjoying the show.... Posts: 14,270 Karma: 10462843 Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Arizona Device: A K1, Kindle Paperwhite, an Ipod, IPad2, Iphone, an Ipad Mini & macAir	Someday I'd like to know what "The blue one next to the fish" actually is...........

10-18-2010, 05:20 PM	#167
ShortNCuddlyAm WWHALD Posts: 7,879 Karma: 337114 Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Mitcham, Surrey, UK Device: iPad. Selling my silver 505 here	A very good stress reliever

10-18-2010, 05:22 PM	#168
vivaldirules When's Doughnut Day? Posts: 10,059 Karma: 13675475 Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Houston, TX, US Device: Sony PRS-505, iPad	When you figure that out, DG, be sure to stick this label on it so the rest of us will know, too.

10-18-2010, 11:57 PM	#170
bjones6416 ↓↓ Skirt!! Earrings!! Posts: 3,394 Karma: 17432172 Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Georgia, USA Device: Acer netbook, JetBook Lite, Sony PRS-300, Kindle 2, Kindle Fire	This stress thread has been interesting to me because, as I've mentioned probably more times than anyone here wants to hear, I retired last month in order to take care of some personal obligations including taking care of my elderly mother. I'm pretty young to retire -- 53 -- but I've worked full-time since I was 17 and I'm ready for a break. I may enter the job market again with something part-time later on but right now I need to be here, doing this. Anyway, today I met an old friend for lunch for the first time since I retired. He couldn't get over how "relaxed" I seemed to be. I've gotten the same comment from a couple of other people, too. It made me wonder -- did I give off a "buzz" of low-level stress constantly the whole time I was working? To hear my friends talk, I must have. The things that worry me now are probably more important than anything I ever did in my job, but they are MY worries -- my family, my finances, etc. Unlike my job, these things are at least partially under my control, and maybe that's what makes the difference. Or maybe it's just that I'm getting more sleep.

10-19-2010, 07:55 AM	#171
ShortNCuddlyAm WWHALD Posts: 7,879 Karma: 337114 Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Mitcham, Surrey, UK Device: iPad. Selling my silver 505 here	I'm currently dealing with stress by listening to a colleague enter his 5th hour of trying to get Adobe to reset his password for their licensing website (that's 5 hours in total, not 5 hours in one go. But only 6 calls)

10-19-2010, 08:39 AM	#172
kindlekitten Professional Adventuress Posts: 13,368 Karma: 50260224 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: The Olympic Peninsula on the OTHER Washington! (the big green clean one on the west coast!) Device: Kindle, the original! Times Two! and gifting an International Kindle	oh my! one of those urges to reach through the phone line and choke the hell out of someone?

10-19-2010, 08:50 AM	#173
ShortNCuddlyAm WWHALD Posts: 7,879 Karma: 337114 Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Mitcham, Surrey, UK Device: iPad. Selling my silver 505 here	Definitely!

10-19-2010, 08:57 AM	#175
kindlekitten Professional Adventuress Posts: 13,368 Karma: 50260224 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: The Olympic Peninsula on the OTHER Washington! (the big green clean one on the west coast!) Device: Kindle, the original! Times Two! and gifting an International Kindle	yeah, been there, done that ;o(

10-19-2010, 10:01 AM	#176
Lo Zeno Addict Posts: 202 Karma: 4379 Join Date: May 2009 Location: Italy Device: Hanlin V3 (with lBook firmware & OpenInkPot)	When I have to let out some steam, I go to the fencing school and begin swordfighting with my friends. By "swordfighting" I mean this: or this http://www.compagniazoiosa.it/le-nostre-foto Works like a charm!

10-19-2010, 10:05 AM	#177
poohbear_nc Bah! Humbug! Posts: 64,161 Karma: 135242149 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Durham, NC Device: Every Kindle Ever Made & To Be Made!	Yoicks! Are those broadswords? Claymores?