I find it difficult handling my work load and stress

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Humberto

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When I wake up in the mornings, it feels like I can't breathe. I think it's due to anxiety.

It's like they just expect more and more and I feel I can't keep up.

I feel it is also wrong that my work should eat into my personal time.

What techniques do you know for handling stress?
 
Pretty much the best manager I've ever had, gave me this little tidbit of advice: When you start waking up in the morning, dreading the thought of work and feeling physically sick, it's time for you to move on because you're killing yourself. Life is short and you don't want to waste significant amounts of time in misery if there's something you can do about it.
 
Humberto said:
When I wake up in the mornings, it feels like I can't breathe. I think it's due to anxiety.

It's like they just expect more and more and I feel I can't keep up.

I feel it is also wrong that my work should eat into my personal time.

What techniques do you know for handling stress?
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you sound like millions of working class people.

Deal with it because it wont necessarily get better.
 
Messugga said:
Pretty much the best manager I've ever had, gave me this little tidbit of advice: When you start waking up in the morning, dreading the thought of work and feeling physically sick, it's time for you to move on because you're killing yourself. Life is short and you don't want to waste significant amounts of time in misery if there's something you can do about it.
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Golden, that one.
 
Also feel that way sometimes, trick is to find something you enjoy, something that can make you relax.
I hate my job because I have to travel and spend around 2+hrs in traffic every work day and travel about +-130km a day on Eastern Cape roads.
 
Messugga said:
Pretty much the best manager I've ever had, gave me this little tidbit of advice: When you start waking up in the morning, dreading the thought of work and feeling physically sick, it's time for you to move on because you're killing yourself. Life is short and you don't want to waste significant amounts of time in misery if there's something you can do about it.
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That's good advice, but first see if you're the problem bcos if you are you might repeat your mistakes at another job..that's what I did.
 
Don't take on more work if you can't handle it. Speak to your employer before blindly agreeing to take it on for fear of offending them. You'll be doing the both of you a favour because they'll know where you're at, instead of thinking that everything is going fine right up until it all comes crashing down.
 
For actual advice, you'd need to provide more info. e.g. A vague idea of what it is you do for a living.

Some jobs are high pressure non-stop & thats the way it is. Meaning that you can't change the nature of the work, but you can work out better ways to deal with it psychologically.

Humberto said:
I feel it is also wrong that my work should eat into my personal time.
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You're going to have a rough time competing in the job market with that attitude imo. Hell most high end contracts have a clause in them that says exactly that: You're required to work extra time "occasionally" at no pay. Or the politically correct version: Your base package includes the pay for that additional work already.

Its all kinda relative though: Are we talking 50 hr weeks here or 100 hr weeks?

Some random ideas:
Exercise
2 cellphones, one work one private
Meditation
Beta blockers
More sleep
Change job
Caffeine
Modafinil <- Maybe not the best of ideas.
 
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I found that when I had more time on my hands I have more time to stress and my work doesn't get done.
 
The best thing I can ever do for my job is to do something right ... the first time.

Do the proper research and make sure you force other people to follow your schedule (of course as far as realistically possible).
 
Humberto said:
When I wake up in the mornings, it feels like I can't breathe. I think it's due to anxiety.

It's like they just expect more and more and I feel I can't keep up.

I feel it is also wrong that my work should eat into my personal time.

What techniques do you know for handling stress?
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You sound like a software developer.
 
I'm starting to look for something else, as I'm battling to cope as well.

My job is easy and a trained monkey could do it - but it's a fair amount of admin that takes time to do. I tell them time and time again they can't give me 10hrs of work every day and expect it to be complete by the end of the day. Everyday there are carry overs and things are slipping through the cracks. I hate sitting sitting on a Friday with people drinking around me, laughing, joking, chatting ... And I'm racing to get work complete.

They say they're getting someone, but I need have another plan
 
Dolby said:
I'm starting to look for something else, as I'm battling to cope as well.

My job is easy and a trained monkey could do it - but it's a fair amount of admin that takes time to do. I tell them time and time again they can't give me 10hrs of work every day and expect it to be complete by the end of the day. Everyday there are carry overs and things are slipping through the cracks. I hate sitting sitting on a Friday with people drinking around me, laughing, joking, chatting ... And I'm racing to get work complete.

They say they're getting someone, but I need have another plan
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Hard lesson learnt....

Take every lunch and teatime.
Leave at the right time.
Don't start working until the starting time.
Let the work fall behind.
Keep telling them that it is toooooo much.

Or do what I did and take leave knowing the work was not done after telling them all the time.

LoL, all I took was a 1/2 day on a Friday. The monday i could see someone had been through my stuff, not just the to do pile but all.

Got called into the boss's office and was told x,y,z will be removed.

Granted the boss ask me if my work would be finished before taking time off. I told him no as I had not been taking work home for a few days, so even if he said no it still would not be done.
 
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