Whatever your job is, you probably experience stress on a regular basis. Whether it is your unreasonable boss, a demanding customer or an overflowing e-mail box, there is always something to make our blood pressure rise. Stress, it seems, is not something that the modern worker can avoid under the best of circumstances.
A lot of times, the stress reduction techniques offered by experts just don’t seem very practical. Delegate responsibilities? You wish. Take a vacation? Not this year. Talk to your boss? Ha. Ha. Ha.
The thing is, you can’t always control the stress involved in the work you do. What you can control is your personal wellbeing while you’re at work. Read on for easy, effective tips designed to cut your on-the-job stress way down.
1. Lay off the caffeine. Most of us consume far too much caffeine and don’t even know it. In the first hours of the morning or the middle of a long afternoon it is easy to turn to caffeine for a little pick-me-up. Your morning stop at Starbucks, those bland cups of the office brew—does this sound familiar?
Too much caffeine can make you nervous and significantly lower your concentration levels. Your ability to handle stress actually decreases, causing you to be less productive. Try to limit your intake to a few caffeinated beverages a day. Better yet, drink more water. You’ll feel more alert and sleep better at night.
2. Snack healthily throughout the day. The key word here is ‘healthily’. Sorry, but this means that a mid-morning bag of chips or a candy bar are not ideal choices. Any food laden with fat or sugar will give you a short-lived boost of energy, but a few hours later you’ll be longing for a nap.
On the other hand, nutritious snacks will give you a boost without the eventual crash. Try eating a piece of fruit, a handful of nuts or a small tub of yogurt a few times a day. These treats are easy to eat at your desk and will prevent cravings for fatty snacks.
3. Take your lunch outside of the office. More and more people are eating lunch in front of their computers, and it’s easy to see why. When we’re feeling overwhelmed, common sense tells us to spend every moment of the workday coping with what needs to be done.
You may, however, want to rethink this strategy. Taking a small break outside of the office will refresh and invigorate you, allowing you to devote your full attention to your work through the rest of the day. You don’t even need an entire hour to get the benefits—even 20 minutes away from your desk should do the trick.
4. Get up and walk around once in awhile. You don’t have to do strange looking stretches at your desk to get your blood flowing. Instead, simply make sure that you stand up and move around a little every hour or so. Something as simple as walking briskly from one end of the office to another can prevent you from becoming sluggish.
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