Invigorating Yourself After a Stressful Day
16 July, 2008 - Motivation - 7 Comments
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As I stand at the kitchen sink washing a glass, I feel my body warm in the scolding water. I tingle.
As I stand there, I feel the days burden boil over the end. I feel my self pity crawl up and over. I feel my cry for freedom explode and expand.
Poor morale all day long. And now, finally, I feel an open valve.
I put down the glass. Walking from the kitchen, I dry my hands. I slide open the door and walk on the deck.
Cool evening. This is summer.
I sit in my chair. Towel still in hand. I stop. Think. Look at the land.
I lean back and rest my head against the soft cushioned chair. A moment of blue sky lingers between an otherwise layer.
I take note of the colours. Blue. White. Grey. Sums up my day.
I take five to relax. I study the blue sky. I picture myself in flight amongst that sky, finding freedom, and flying high.
Back inside I walk. Calm and refreshed. I wash the final glass.
In the living room I walk. TV blaring loud. “Oil Prices” I hear. Fuel, I sound.
I walk in the office and I hear a cry. “The weather is terrible”.
I sigh.
I walk back outside to sit by the pond. I find myself thankful that frogs and fish can’t respond.
Admittedly, I didn’t start this post with the intention of writing a poem, but that is how it developed.
It’s about my day. Today. Having found myself with low morale, it finally boiled over 15 minutes ago while I was doing chores. It was, fortunately, a silent boil. I caught it before it went too far. I could feel a well building inside, so I decided to catch it and move outside.
…
Fortunately, I found a way to refresh and restart.
We all have off days. It’s a part of being human. How we manage those off days is what sets us apart.
How do you relax during stressful times? Do you have a place where you can remove yourself from everything? Tell us in the comments.
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Posted on 16 July, 2008 by Jamie Harrop
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I am having an incredibly stressful day! I’m finding it a bit tough to relax and relieve the stress and tension. When this happens, successfully being able to relieve the stress in some ways depends on where I am. For example, now, I’m at work. I want to block everything out and have some time to myself, if only for a few minutes, but that’s not an options right now, so everything keeps compounding.
When I’m at home, sometimes just taking a nap helps. Or dancing around to energetic music. And, a good cry doesn’t hurt if you really need one.
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Hey Alaia,
I hope today is a much more stress-free day for you.
Dancing around to energetic music? Bah. That’ll ruin my warrior male status.
Thanks for the excellent comment! Have a great day!
Hi Jamie - you’re a pretty good poet.
I’m not brilliant at relaxing. But I have started to meditate again. I used to meditate a lot and could actual go into a virtual tree house I’d created in my mind. It was cool. I’d like to get back in there soon.
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Thanks Cath. The last poem I wrote was probably 11 years ago in junior school. Yesterday, I just started writing short sentences and a few of them rhymed and then I just free wrote whatever was on my mind. It was nice to write free of restraint rather than writing a “How to” or “List of 5 things”.
A virtual tree house sounds fantastic! Wow. That would make for a heck of an office.
Hey Jamie,
I find it’s the simplest of things that help me de-stress. 10 pints of cheap european lager. A light hearted adventure novel allowing me to pretend i’m a wizard in a far off land, or even just a quick hug from someone.
Even one of those man hugs off your mates. *you look stressed mate* *hug* “get off me gayface.”
You get the picture.
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Hey Ben,
Thanks for the fantastic comment. It made me laugh out loud.
I have to agree. There’s really nothing quite like European lager to get somebody relaxed. It reminds me of when I was in Switzerland in 2006 and we kept trying to leave the bar but the barman just kept bringing out more drinks for us.
A big, alpha-male warrior man hug (as Craig Harper calls them) are certainly good for the head.
When I feel so depressed I usually take sometimes to relax. Watching TV with my family, joking with them, and if possible I will arrange short vacation with them. For me, spending time with family is the best way to reduce stress.