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In times of great stress or adversity, it's always best to keep busy, to plow your anger and your energy into something positive. ~~Lee Iacocca
It's not stress that kills us, it is our reaction to it. ~~Hans Selye
One of the best pieces of advice I ever got was from a horse master. He told me to go slow to go fast. I think that applies to everything in life. We live as though there aren't enough hours in the day but if we do each thing calmly and carefully we will get it done quicker and with much less stress. ~~Viggo Mortensen
Doing something that is productive is a great way to alleviate emotional stress. Get your mind doing something that is productive. ~~Ziggy Marley
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It happens to the best of us. All of us. All the time. I'm the center of the dartboard at the dart championships and everyone is aiming for me - that dot in the middle. And they all seem to have perfect aim! OUCH! Too much to do, too much going on. Not enough time. When the 'focus on one thing at a time' mantra fails, all bets are off.
One thing that works for me, tis to sit down, take a few deep breaths, take several more, and then write. Not anything with a screaming deadline. Not anything stellar. I just write to get it out of my system. It's almost as good as a good yack with either of my two besties, both of whom are usually unavailable on the weekends which, for me, is usually when the pot boils over.
Writing a 'stress' poem helps get it out of the system. Occasionally, it will even help clarify what's going on, either in my head or around me. Or both. Sometimes, it just lets me spew. Spewing can be good. Cathartic. It gets the angst out. Doesn't solve it, necessarily. Usually takes time I don't have, but then, I'd probably just be spazzing anyway and at least writing is somewhat productive. Sometimes just doing something productive really helps. So do a couple of deep breaths!
Another plus for stress writing is that in the panicked mindset, barriers fall as do inhibitions. By this, I mean that one seems to be more willing to get into words that burst off the page. Phrases vomit from deep within your gut. You are releasing energy and that is not the time for pale, wimpy words. You want to get your writing hands dirty - sooty, muddy, perhaps even bloody dirty. Here you can lash out and decimate. You can poetically smash every dish through every window in the house, punch drywall stanzas out through your ribcage or verbally hammer the words home. Then sit back take another deep breath and think about saving or, perhaps, hitting a delete key. Either way, now there's room for more air, some cold water, and a fresh approach!
Another kind of stress writing is decidedly different. In our day-to-day lives, we tend to either be strong or put on a very strong mask and muddle through. But sometimes, we just want (or need) to curl up in a ball, hide from the world and throw ourselves one heck of a pity party. No shame in that! Kind of healthy once in a while. This is the time for the lament, the poor, poor, pitiful me sort of diatribe. Why me? Woe is me. The 'cry yourself to sleep after a pint of macadamia nut ice cream' sort of poetry. Still cathartic and much more freeing than simply curling up in a ball, staring at the wall while hugging your pillow and making your eyes all red, itchy and swollen.
Bottom line, is that these sorts of poems can blow enough of the anger or frustration or stress out the window to give you the latitude to step to the side three steps and then get done whatever it is that needs doing one step, chore, word, or room at a time. And, you'll do it in a much better
or at least, improved, state of mind.
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