Don't let work hassles keep you from being your mental and physical best

We know too much stress can cause major health drama, including heart disease, depression, headaches, overeating, and loss of sex drive. Fun, huh? Even mild stress makes it harder to get in a good workout. To help you balance today's treacherous times — in and out of the workplace — we've pulled together four easy stress-management survival tricks.

1.) TALK IT OUT

Fighting layoffs? A micro-managing supervisor? Just have too much to do? Feeling helpless can hit you, no matter what type of job you have or your rung on the ladder. To combat the problem, always make an effort to stay informed. Know as much as you can about what is going on above and below you, and keep both sides informed about you too. If you don't know what's going on in your boss's world, he probably has no idea what's really going on in yours, either.

2.) TAKE A BREAK

Nonstop work marathons actually hurt your productivity. Instead, take regularly scheduled breaks during the workday. Try a 10-minute stretch every hour. And stop eating lunch at your desk! You need a break away from your 8-by-8 world in order to recharge.

3.) REMEMBER: YOU'RE NOT PERFECT

Many of us brag about being a perfectionist — as if it's a good thing. Setting yourself up for such failure can send stress rocketing. Accept that you may not be able to do everything perfectly — but you can do everything correctly. Focus on doing that instead of being perfect, and everything else on your to-do list should fall into place.

4.) CUT THE CORD AFTER 5 P.M.

Too often we don't realize that our personal life can take a huge toll on our 9-to-5 life. If our personal life — social, physical, or emotional — is suffering, it will invariably poison the workday, since that's where most of us spend the majority of our time. Take care of your business at home and your stress levels should plummet. If they don't, the best stress relief may be a new job.
別為工作所困，讓你的身心都保持在最佳狀態(tài)。

我們非常清楚壓力會導致主要健康問題,包括心臟疾病、抑郁、頭痛、暴食和性欲喪失。即使輕度的壓力也會對保持好的狀態(tài)增加難度。為了幫助你度過今天的艱難時段-辦公室工作時間,我們收集了四種簡單的緩解壓力的訣竅。

1)考慮清楚

對付失業(yè)?小小的管理人員?有很多事要做?無論你做什么樣的工作或處在什么階層，感到無助會讓你倍感打擊。對付這些問題，要努力讓自己博聞多識。盡可能多地知道你的上司和你的下屬在做什么。也讓他們知道你在做什么。如果你不知道你的上司在想什么、做什么，他也會對你的事一無所知。

2)短暫休息

沒有停歇的、馬拉松式的工作的確會影響你的創(chuàng)造力。工作時間定時休息一下。每小時休息10分鐘,伸展一下身體。別再在辦公桌旁用午餐。你應(yīng)該離開辦公室休息放松,給自己充充電。

3)記住，你不是完美的

許多人夸口說要做完美主義者-看上去好像是好事。放棄這個錯誤的想法能讓你迅速緩解壓力。要承認你不可能讓事事完美-你只能將這些事做對了。專注于你要做的事，而不是它是否完美，你想做的每件事都會做得很好。

4)下班后堅決斬斷與工作的聯(lián)系

我們經(jīng)常沒有意識到，我們的個人生活為朝九晚五的工作做出了多大的犧牲。如果我們的個人生活，無論是社會的、身體的或情感的生活受到很大的侵害，那它必定會危及到工作，因為我們用在工作的時間最多。在家充分享受你的家庭生活可使你的壓力迅速減少。如果這樣壓力仍沒減少，最好的緩解壓力的辦法就是換個新工作。