{"id":116,"date":"2015-09-24T08:55:07","date_gmt":"2015-09-24T07:55:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost:8080\/?p=116"},"modified":"2015-09-24T08:55:19","modified_gmt":"2015-09-24T07:55:19","slug":"is-stress-making-you-procrastinate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/localhost:8080\/is-stress-making-you-procrastinate\/","title":{"rendered":"IS STRESS MAKING YOU PROCRASTINATE?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Putting together the words for the Stress Manager reminded me of a blog I wrote in October 2013 but it is a relevant now as it was then, I still found lots of other things to do first!<!--more--><\/p>\n<h2><strong>IS STRESS MAKING YOU\u00a0PROCRASTINATE?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Some stress can be good for us,\u00a0 it helps us get things done but if we overload ourselves with anxious feelings our mind and body become out of balance and ineffective.<\/p>\n<p>The first step to managing stress is recognising that you are stressed and taking time to identify what triggers it.<\/p>\n<p>This morning I had a full day planned and then a client cancelled.\u00a0\u00a0 I thought positively \u2018That means I can do something else\u2019.\u00a0\u00a0 Then the thoughts started \u2013 shall I do my accounts; tidy the office; catch up with emails; write my blog\u00a0etc. etc. \u2013\u00a0\u00a0 I couldn\u2019t decide!\u00a0\u00a0 So what did I do?\u00a0 I made a drink, I played a game of solitaire, text friends to arrange meetings.\u00a0\u00a0 In fact I did everything I could to procrastinate from making a decision.\u00a0 At last I acknowledged unexpected free time was caused me stress \u2013 I had too much choice!\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 As you can see once I had recognised the issue I could deal with it.\u00a0\u00a0 I took a few minutes to sit, breathe deeply and calm my thoughts down then I could make a decision.<\/p>\n<p>So what causes you stress?<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Do you have too many things to do<\/li>\n<li>Do you have too little time to do everything expected of you, or want to do?<\/li>\n<li>Do you have no control over your workload?<\/li>\n<li>Are you a perfectionist \u2013 it is believed that people who are perfectionist are more likely to be stressed, anxious or depressed.<\/li>\n<li>Always thinking you haven\u2019t done enough or done it right. \u00a0Sometimes we have to accept we\u2019ve done our best<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If you feel stressed take time out.\u00a0\u00a0 Find a quiet place to sit and let your mind relax.\u00a0\u00a0 You can meditate but you may not feel comfortable, you could read a book, have a drink; go for a walk; sit and enjoy your garden.\u00a0\u00a0 Whatever works for you.<\/p>\n<p>By taking time out for you your mind can learn to be calm and clear thinking can be restored.<\/p>\n<p>Try it for yourself!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Putting together the words for the Stress Manager reminded me of a blog I wrote in October 2013 but it is a relevant now as it was then, I still found lots of other things to do first!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/localhost:8080\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/localhost:8080\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/localhost:8080\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/localhost:8080\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/localhost:8080\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=116"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/localhost:8080\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":118,"href":"http:\/\/localhost:8080\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116\/revisions\/118"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/localhost:8080\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=116"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/localhost:8080\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=116"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/localhost:8080\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=116"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}