Best practices when it comes to dealing with stress and anxiety
Hi everyone,
Wanted to see if anyone in the community has any advice/experience when it comes to dealing with the anxiety and stress that comes with high-stress/pressure roles in finance. I usually tend to find myself stressing out about my responsibilities, and this is often amplified at 2am when I'm doing a task I've never done before!
Outside of therapy, anyone have any best practices? I've heard of journaling, breathing excercises, etc. helps but would love it if anyone has any specific resources they could point me towards to deal with this!
Thanks a lot!
I use Ashwagandha. Not smoking, the pills. I was hesitant too cause it sounds like a drug, but it seriously only has benefits. It really helped me just be more energized, since I had better sleep, and it definitely calms you down. If not that, you can try to meditate, it surprisingly works. Just sit on your bed for 10 minutes and close your eyes and turn on some soft music or meditation instructions. one thing that helped me was deciding that I needed to pick something I loved doing that would help me relax. Basically, I would not give that thing up for any reason and made sure I did it every day. It's hard to do with a busy schedule, but you should be able to manage. For example, reading a book for 20 minutes, or for me it was just doing some sort of physical activity for 20/30 minutes a day. That way your brain is focused on something that you really enjoy and you'll feel better.
Here is a link to the ashwagandha stuff. Again its not dangerous or anything like that. Basically is melatonin, zinc etc. https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/12-proven-ashwagandha-benefits
It sounds like you're just starting out in a new role. Give it your best shot, document what you tried, and then ask questions. People will really appreciate "Hey, I've tried X, Y, and Z approach. We're getting closer on X metric but Z metric still seems weird. I think it's because of W input. Can you see if anything looks off to you?" instead of just "Help me! I'm lost!"
It will absolutely get better in 3-6 months as you figure stuff out.
Agree journaling helps.
30 mins meditation each day - silent or guided - for at 2 weeks. See if that helps.
Will agree with the couple people above - it’s important to take a short break each day, try to find at least 20-30 minutes to do something non work related. Meditate, get out and go for a walk, just something where you can try to take your mind off work for a minute and refocus. Make it a priority to do something for yourself on the weekend - go to the gym, driving range, just something that you actually enjoy.
All work all the time is not healthy. We are all busy but if you don’t take care of yourself then you won’t be of use to anyone.
I strongly believe that a sound personal organizational method goes hand-in-hand with stress management. At this job, I've found that if I can have a consistent way to list out everything that I have going on across deals (and personal), it really helps get things out of my head, so I can prioritize what needs to be done now vs. what I can worry about later and take a break/end the night/enjoy the weekend/etc.. Probably stating the obvious, but a well-organized to-do list is also closely followed by a consistent methodology for email management and file management (how you organize folders, filing emails to keep inbox slim and less overwhelming, etc.). My 2c.
any advice/resources for email/inbox mgmt and file mgmt?
Few random thoughts:
25-50 push ups does the trick at that hour. Get the blood flowing and endorphin up.
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