I am already thinking ahead to Friday.  Why? Simply because I do not want to work.    Had a nice 3.1 mile run last night.  Front was blowing in so it was warm with a cool wind.  Lightning flashes to the west but overhead skies were clear.

QOTD: How do you deal with stress normally?

I would love to say I run to help deal with stress.  While running is a nice break from stress, I cannot run every time I am faced with stressful situations.  Unfortunately I internalize my stress.  I know it's not a healthy thing.  I pray and this helps.  But it's all still a work in progress.  I ask because the last week has been overly stressful at work.  It has me eagerly looking to the future when I am not here.

Have a great day!

Gym day the way it looks. I had some nice strength gains over the winter now my motivation to go lift is flagging. Very typical of me and strength training.  I might run after that but probably not.  Have a bunch of yard work to do and I'd rather do that today and run tomorrow.

QOTD:  Internalize, Internalize, Internalize, Internalize.  I will die young because of that.  I'd like to say that when it gets real bad I can meditate or something along that line but over the past few years I tend to drop a few more F bombs and other descriptive terms than I should.

Maybe I should differentiate between what I will call normal understandable stress and bullcrap type of stress.  Normal stress is the things that you expect to deal with. For example in my job it would be the really sick people, or at home it's things breaking and needing fixed. Those things I just devise a solution to the problem and work through it.  In those cases the stress actually becomes enjoyable if that makes any sense.

The bullcrap stress is brought on by the stupid $hit that people do, mostly at work, that is just , well, totally stupid and nonsensical.  That is the stuff I handle as described in the first paragraph.

10 windy, wet, and cold miles this morning. I wish Mother Nature would take a quick look at a calender.

QOTD: I got rid of it by quitting my job. New job is pretty much stress free and I get more time off. Less money but at this point in my life its a nice change of pace.

I'm at a confernce in So Cal... so My plan was to run to this oark and then to laps on a trail that is a mile.  So when I stepped out of the hotel there was a girl on the corner across the street.. looked like a runner.  Ended up being an x co-worker so we ran to disney land and back.  Umm one mile was 7.33  she gonna kill me!  But man did those 4 miles go pass fast!  Plus the yacking.  Then went to gym and played around.

Qotd:  at work I bullshit with my friend to relieve the daily stress of having coworkers to deal with.  Otherwise I run, drink, dogs, and a good cry never hurts anyone especially when your alone.  Mostly interenlize since no one really gives a shit about your issues....I remind myself I have an awesome life as in life..... and physically healthy.

12 miles in the windy trails. Almost did a road run since winds were howling at 25 mph +, but decided to stray into the woods.  Heard some noised from the trees that made me look up a few times, but got out unscathed.

Queen - drinking on the airplane and running. Sounds like social workers get good conferences. Do they know you're leaving soon?

QOTD:  I problem solve right away when things start to get out of hand. Running and reading helps.  Socializing is good too. I agree, worrying and stress can be different unless your worrying leads to stress.

I heard this advice years ago, and I am always reminded of it.

1) If you can't control it, don't stress over it.

2) If things aren't going as expected, sometimes you need to alter you expectations.

Mandy, just the one daughter.  I think when she moved to Utah she started acting like a Mormon by getting married and breeding way too early.     Now she is under strict orders to stay in bed until the hatch. And in my selfish world I just want to pick the date and induce so it doesn't screw up my plans. 

 

 

I heard this advice years ago, and I am always reminded of it.

1) If you can't control it, don't stress over it.

2) If things aren't going as expected, sometimes you need to alter you expectations.

At- my wife says something similar and my response is "if I can control it I have no reason to worry. It's what I have no control over is what worries me."

The other line I question is when people say that everything will work out. No, sometimes things don't work out well and shit just happens. We move forward because the world keeps spinning but sometimes we are far worse off.  Sorry to be so negative. 

 

I think it helps to spend more time contemplating all the blessings one has vs things that aren't going exactly as you want them to.  The blessings generally outweigh any negatives by a large magnitude.

Queen mentioned this too.
One trick I learned last year when I was going through a period of negativity is to think of 3 things I'm grateful for. Maybe

it's just a self-fulfilling prophecy kind of thing, but on the days I remember to do that my whole attitude shifts.

Did 3 mi after work today.  While my pace wasn't really too bad, my legs felt really sluggish, which was expected.  It was just a loosening up sort of run anyway.

qotd: I'm pretty laid back and although I do have stress at work I learned a long time ago to let it roll off my back.  I just have found that getting stressed out usually negatively affects your performance anyway, so chill and deal with it.  If all else fails there is running.  If that doesn't work, there's sleeping.