Mudra Compass

Stress becomes a part of routine life due to fast and busy lifestyle. The reason can be personal or professional, but many people experience stress at some point of their life. You cannot avoid it because it is usual response of any human being when he or she faces uncomfortable or tough life situations. Our body produces cortisol and adrenaline hormones when we face tense situation. These are the hormones which prepare us to handle uncomfortable situation.

When we talk about stress means the happiness is also become part of talk. We can say that a person is in stress means he or she is not happy. Managing stress and happiness is significant in lives of people who have a job or work at an office. People spend more time at their workplace. The happiness is an important in life because happy and stress-free employees can work with more productivity and do more hard work. It is an important that employer should ensure environment of happiness and satisfaction among all the employees so that they cannot only do work but enjoy their time at workplace.

Here are some tips for handling stress at your workplace to become happy.

Get enough sleep

It is not a rocket science but necessary thing. When you have not enough sleep at previous night, it is more likely chance that you will become cranky at office and inclined to stress. To be productive and active throughout the day, it is an important you have a good night sleep. It is better for both your physical and mental health.

Although many people pride on lack of the sleep, experts suggest that adequate sleep is an important for better health and wellness. Many studies and research also state the same. It is better you should develop a sleep routine. At first, it is hard to follow, but it is not impossible. Once you body adopt the sleep routine, things will get simple. Develop some night time routine, so that it will help you to get peaceful sleeping, Such as add a couple of drops of lavender oil to your diffuser, turn of all gadgets, read a good book, make your bedroom sleep ready etc.

Clear your head

Busyness is not always working on productive task. Do not start your day with confused or cluttered mind. It is good that you take out some time in morning to schedule your to-do list, and it is good that you list out not to do task. Making your day schedule will give your mind a clear visual of your day. It will help you accomplish your work in time. So that you cannot feel overburdened with your tasks and you feel happy and satisfied.

It is equally important that you should have manageable workload rather than overstretching your time and limit. You can use planners and time management quadrants to manage your task. When you finish even smaller tasks,  you feel sense of accomplishment and happiness which in turn help you to be more productive and less stressed throughout the day.

Create your own space

You spend more time at your office than sleeping at your home. It is possible that you do not find cosiness or comfort as you home. Why don’t you think to tailor your workspace as per your need?

Make your space your own by decorating it as you like within your company policies. Keep some motivational thoughts, some arte facts, or some other items that can make you feel relaxed at your workspace.

Cut down energy drain

Certain people, situation or life incidents can deplete your energy. Energy drainer can be anything from an individual who brings negative energy or high requests, cluttered work area, or unmanageable schedule.

People are used to happiness-draining moments of life that they cannot see numbers of them in their life, and even do not try to avoid them. The handy way to cut-down this happiness-drainer is to eschew it that makes you stressed or unhappy.

Develop solid reactions

Develop solid reactions to the stressful situation rather than overeating fast food or consuming liquor to manage stress. Exercise and yoga is one of the best stress busters for the people are stressful at work.

You can also indulge in hobbies or favourite activities like reading, playing outdoor games, going for fun events etc. It will keep your stress at bay, and finding time for some me time will refresh you. Develop good habits like restricting caffeine consumption late in day, limiting TV, Mobile and gadget usage late at night.

Ensure breaks

Do not work on big project constantly or sit for prolonged periods on your desk without breaks. When you have big project or multistep tasks, divide them in small chunks and allocate some time to each task to overburden it. Between your work,  keep some time for breaks where you can stretch your legs, take a walk or two, listen to good music, take short meditation of 5 minute to keep you stress-free and fresh.

Keep balance between personal and professional

It is good practice to manage work-life balance to keep your personal and professional separate. When your mind is pre-occupied with your personal worries, it is hard to concentrate on your job, but you should remember that nobody has complete problem-free life. You should keep all your personal worries at home like you let go work to enjoy at home.

To manage this, you can follow good time management, ask your family members to help in task at home, pre-plan your entire day, and keep your own time to work on yourself.

Change you not other

You do not like your annoying co-worker or micromanaging boss, you cannot change their behaviour, but you can change your respond to them. Do not let other’s actions affect you. Do not over think of other people’s view or opinion, and do not involve in conflict, but resolve it.

Reward yourself

Reward yourself, even if the reason is small or big. Celebrate every win by rewarding yourself outside of your job. It can be dinner with friends and family, a movie time, some good pamper through spa every once in awhile.

Don’t be ‘on’ 24/7     

Do not be on 24/7 for your work until/unless it is an emergency. Organization should not implement an environment to encourage always on 24/7 team. When employees are happy and stress-free, the productive work will increase in organization which is one of the major aspects for growth. 

Remember, stress is natural process that influences everybody. However, the intensity level is different for everyone. If you handle it appropriately, it can be beneficial you without harming your mental and physical health. Involve some helpful practices to manage stress successfully, recognize stress quickly.