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Literally was thinking about how to cope with stress better too today…
Me too. Having a tough time.
Therapy. Because everything else is a mitigation strategy. Once you understand what’s causing you to internalize the stress so massively, it’s genuinely indescribable how different you’ll feel about things. I say this as someone who finally took the therapy plunge last year and my only wish is that I’d done it sooner.
I recommend finding a good therapist to meet with on a regular basis. I also have been on medication for a few years. Building a circle of trusted friends in the business is good, as they can be a support group of sorts.
Additionally, the book “The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life” helps me put things into perspective when I need it.
Lastly, depending on what you’re passionate about, find an escape in doing things/making things that fulfill you creatively, because (at least in my case) advertising is no longer it for me.
Hope this helps.
Acupuncture, biweekly therapy sessions and a creative outlet that has nothing to do with advertising. Beta blockers are helpful too.
Gym helps me. Just puts things into perspective when I’m there, this is my moment to be present in the work that I’m doing so it automatically tunes out everything else. And in general, I’ve stopped tying my self worth to the work. Now I almost strictly look at it as business and I’m anal about self funded passion projects which I keep thinking about all the time. But I guess the last part can only be done if your agency is not at the forefront like say Gut where they’re probably tuned into it 24x7.
hahahhahahha gut. yeah pretty much. positive mindset makes staying tuned in easier. you do what you gotta do
My bad answer is that I went out with friends after work and vented (and drank) a lot in my first years in the industry.
Nowadays I use my commute time to decompress (or go for a walk) and set boundaries about what I’m going to do on my phone / in my living space.
I also drink.
Who or what can you turn your time toward to help you redirect away and put that energy into something uplifting?
Reconnect with the people and things you love even if it’s a few minutes or a couple of hours after work. You’ll more than likely return to the stress, if not with some renewed energy, at least knowing you haven’t stewed in it overnight.
I’m no gym rat, but sometimes even a good 20-30min walk or a run can help get some of that nervous energy out too.
This interview with Aaron from Rethink about anxiety is excellent
https://www.chatterthatmatters.ca/post/aaron-starkman
I’ve been hanging out with people who work in healthcare lately and listening to them talk about what they do at work makes what I do feel kinda silly. And honestly it has helped me take myself less seriously. I still enjoy what I do, but I don’t get SO caught up in it like I used to.
My morning run always helps center me and give me a reliable routine that is my own time to decompress. The occasional meditation session in addition to biweekly therapy helps, too.
If you haven’t already, remove your work email from your phone. It’s a small thing, but I did that at the start of COVID and haven’t once thought about adding it back. I do have the slack app but without notifications. That’s how I stay disconnected outside work hours. If something is genuinely important, people will find a way to get in touch.
I “tuck my phone into bed” (ie, into a drawer in my nightstand, where it can still be connected to my charger) so I don’t check emails late into the night.
Side note: Am I the only person who has had the bad habit of checking their work email on their phone when they wake up in the middle of the night?
MBSR- mindfulness based stress reduction- find an in-person certified training.
it’s a commitment, but it will shift everything if you do the 6-8 week program like it’s your job. SRSLY
Check out the “container exercise”. EFT tapping. And if it’s in your interest at all: have kids lol. It helped me not give a ***