psychological stress
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Why You Should Start Every Day by Accomplishing a Small Task
When you have a lot of tasks to accomplish on a given day, there are a few different approaches you can take to kick-start your productivity. You can “eat the frog”—that is, get your hardest, most demanding responsibility out of the way before anything else. On the other hand, you could bang out something especially…
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Why You Should Schedule Your Stress
All day, every day: It’s stress o’clock. While all you might want to do is push away your worries, if you really want to get a sense of control, you need to tackle them with intention. To accomplish this, set aside a designated time to do nothing but stress. Here’s what to know about taking…
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Why Distracting Yourself Is Better Than ‘Positive Thinking’
Toxic positivity has earned a lot of backlash recently. Of course, we shouldn’t berate ourselves with negative self-talk, and there’s value in encouraging ourselves when fearful (I routinely utter, “I have all the skills I need” like a dime-store Stuart Smalley before doing anything nerve-wracking), but there’s also value in actually experiencing our negative emotions…
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The Two Major Ways People Respond to Stress (and How to Deal With Yours)
During stressful times, people tend to react in one of two ways: Either by over-functioning, and kicking into high gear to solve all of the problems; or by under-functioning, and freezing up to the point they can’t handle what is going on. Neither of these responses is ideal, as an over-functioner is prone to burnout,…