Hi, my question is if there is any method to contrast or control stress, unfortunately my mistake is to contrast by eating but I think it is not the best way since I want to be very restrict with my diet, for an healthy way of living, what do you do (sport or something like that)?
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Hitting the gym, particularly doing cardio, can work wonders. I’d also try to stay away from an excessive amount of caffeine. Maybe swap out your coffee for green tea which has calming effects. Focus on getting high quality sleep on the weekends and limit alcohol consumption as both will lead to decreased performance and higher levels of cortisol (read: stress). On the attitude side, remember that no matter how important something may seem in the moment, it probably won’t matter in a few weeks / months / years. Take this time to focus on learning and getting better instead of thinking you need to be great day 1. Hope this helps
Second switching out coffee for green tea. If you can't go without the coffee, I'd suggest taking an L-Theanine supplement (key amino acid in green tea) along with it. Effect will be somewhat similar.
100% cardio is the greatest stress killer there is IMO. 45-60 minutes of cardio with say 70-80% in Zone 3, 15-20% in Zone 4, with the last 5-10% in Zone 5 (you want to finish with a hard sprint hating life) and you won't have a care in the world rest of the day.
I try to keep an organized planner. Having all my tasks and responsibilities written out or each day helps keep me on track and clears my headspace. Apart from that I try to workout at least 4-5 times a week, I call my parents at least once a week, and I listen to a lot of Chris Stapleton.
Couldn’t agree more with this.
Country music chills you out so much
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Stop caring so much. Worked for me. Getting an exit offer helps.
My biggest thing for stress is to remember this Succession meme.
You are an Excel Monkey. You spend your days moving logos around in PPT. You get paid a metric fuckton of money. If you fuck up you don’t die. You don’t have anyone’s life in your hands. No one is going to remember what you did at work next year let alone in 50.
For me, clearly, it is so much more about remember that this just doesn’t matter moreso than anything else
Another thing to keep in mind is that you can quit. The ability to just give your notice and quit is a huge deal. If you've only ever been an employee, you probably don't fully appreciate how amazing this is. But if you own a business, you probably have all the stress and workload AND you HAVE to keep going, or else a complex undertaking will collapse, other people will lose their jobs, and you'll have major financial liability in the form of counterparties who can sue you for your life's savings.
Even if your job is stressful, the hours are long, and your boss is a jerk, the knowledge that you could just quit and walk away if you chose to should give you great peace of mind.
Combat sports! I do BJJ and an hour on the mat after a stressful day works wonders to unwind. I also have no ambitions of being some super banker and don't give a fuck so stressful days are rare.
Rolling is awesome stress relief, really does it for me. Nothing like channeling all that energy into the mat
Maybe spend some of that bread and treat yourself once in a while. Yes, saving/investing is important for down the road, but you gotta live a little now - you deserve it. Spend a few grand and go on a multi-country vacation, slash on a few massage or chiropractor visits (or see if your HC plan covers this, utilize it), lift or do cardio to get that workout high, call your family and friends randomly even if you have nothing to talk about. Stress is the temporary pain we all pay to have access to a higher quality lifestyle.
Lots of great advice. One more: be thoughtful about who you spend your free time with.
What does contrast stress mean? I googled it as I have never heard it before and think you just made it up.
Go to church
Don’t take too much shit at work. Stand up for yourself occasionally or your cortisol levels will rise to the point where you grow breasts
Eat low carb
Do not watch pornography. Masturbate only using imagination
Exercise
Buy comfortable pants
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