Coping with Job Stress

The workplace is a common site for stress. You might be experiencing it on your job because the amount of effort and time you’re putting in isn’t reflected in the amount that you’re paid.

It could be that promised raises are slow to happen or aren’t given at all. The stress could come from reaching a position within the company that leaves you stuck. There’s just no room to move up.

Or maybe your job doesn’t interest you. Sometimes job stress happens because someone else isn’t doing his or her work and you’re left to pick up the slack. Perhaps you have a demanding or unsupportive boss.

Whatever it is that’s causing your job stress, there are multiple ways to deal with it and it begins through the use of self care. You must first name whatever it is that’s behind the stress.

Write it all down and you’ll learn how it affected you. For example, if your coworker blew off doing his share and you had to do it, what was the physical response you gave in return?

Did you drink multiple cups of coffee? Did you get a headache? Was anger, anxiety or situational depression your response? You want to understand how you reacted because that’s the first step toward developing a good self care plan.

Knowing will help you understand how to react positively rather than allowing the stress to cause problems for you physically or emotionally. You’ll learn to turn to things like taking a break for a brief walk rather than heading to the break room and having a donut.

Stress can be all around you at the job but that doesn’t mean you can’t stop it from affecting you. Put up boundaries with your coworkers, with your boss, with the workload, and with the treatment you receive.

Whatever the stress is, deal with it. Boundaries help you know what your space is and it teaches other people to respect those boundaries. For example, part of your stress might be that your job isn’t actually over at the end of your shift.

You’re getting emails, phone calls or text messages from coworkers or supervisor wanting you to handle something. Your boundary can be that once you clock out, you’re not back on duty until the next business day.

If it’s not an emergency, you’ll deal with it later. You must keep a line drawn between your work and your time off. Keep your phone off if you have to and don’t respond to emails or messages.

Another great self care rule to establish to deal with job stress is to make time for yourself. Don’t allow work to eat up so much of your emotions or time that you’re too exhausted to relax.

You need to de-stress from work by taking the time to relax and do whatever it is that you enjoy doing. If the stress is caused by conflict at work, talk to whoever heads up your department or your immediate supervisor if he or she isn’t part of the problem. This will allow you to identify the action steps you need to take to resolve the situation.

Why Organization Might Be the Single Self Care Tip You Need

There are numerous self care tips everywhere, but one in particular might be the only one that you need. It’s the art of organization. While that might not seem like it’s taking care of yourself, it does more than you know.

Disorganization can affect all areas of your body as well as boost your stress level. Sometimes a lack of organization happens for a period of time such as during a holiday when there are packages and people everywhere.

You get out of your normal routine. But most of the time, disorganization happens because you don’t practice self care in that area of your life. When it comes to disorganization, most people automatically think of things like a home where clutter is piled everywhere.

But disorganization can also happen in other areas like your car, your purse, your finances, your schedule, your to-do list, and your relationships. Clutter, regardless of what form it takes, causes your brain to work harder and try to sort through the mess to find out what should be done next.

It zaps your time, your energy and the potential to be in a good mood. If your brain gets the signal that there’s disorder, then you can’t relax. You feel tense because the disorganization is silently nagging you to take care of things.

If you push disorganization to the back of your mind, it’s still there weighing on you even if you don’t realize it. Plus, if your home is disorganized, you struggle to find the stuff that you need when you need it and that adds to your stress.

Getting organized is a mood booster. When you organize your home, it does away with the stress. You also gain time because you’re not wasting it searching for stuff over and over again.

Everything has a place and you know exactly where it is. You also save money because you’re not constantly buying things to replace the items you know you own, but can’t find.

Organization gives you peace of mind. It also reduces the health risks that are associated with stress. Disorganization can happen as a result of bad habits - you just promise to get to it later, but that never happens and eventually, it’s out of control.

You procrastinate until it seems like there’s just so much to take care of you feel overwhelmed because you don’t even know where to start. The job seems insurmountable. When you get organized, it’s one of the best self care strategies you can embrace because it helps your life run smoother and makes you feel in control.

Flip Your Negative Mindset to Maximize Your Self Care Routine

A negative mindset is something that can sabotage your self care. By changing that, you can maximize the benefits you get from taking care of yourself. Start by letting go of the past.

You can’t change what happened. Whether it was something that you said or did or something that someone else said or did to you, dwelling on it gets you nowhere. All it does it keep you mired in the emotions you felt when the situation occurred.

Just release it. You can simply say, “I let go of__” and then fill in the blank with whatever it was in the past that kept you mired in negativity. Whatever it was, it’s not worth you not taking the best care of you and letting go is a power only you have over the situation.

Release the negativity and stop believing in self defeating thoughts. These are things that you say about yourself that aren’t kind. Negative self talk can limit your belief in yourself - in your ability to achieve success and in how you value yourself.

Set boundaries with negative people. They drain your energy and fill you with stress. You leave their company feeling irritated, upset or mentally wiped out. They always seem to see what’s wrong with the world, with other people, and with you.

By setting boundaries - limiting contact, walking away, or even cutting them off when they begin to spew the negativity, you’re acknowledging that you need to take care of your own needs.

Fill your life with positivity. Engage in things that you enjoy doing. Spend your time involved in whatever relaxes you. Seek out people who are kind and supportive. Let yourself be accountable for the negative mindset.

This might mean facing the truth that your go-to response has been one of negativity. Begin your day by setting the stage so that negativity doesn’t get the first say. You can do this by writing down five things that you’re thankful for.

You can also write down things that you’re looking forward to. If you can’t think of anything you’re looking forward to, that’s a good sign that you’re not practicing self care.
Stop juggling drama that’s not yours.

Sometimes a negative mindset develops because you’re trying to handle everyone else’s emotional drama - your family, your friends and coworkers. You hear the negativity without the resolution, so it leaves things open ended and it’s human nature to want things to work out for the people we care about.

Related Reading: How To Manage Stress

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