Relax Please!!!!

Eat breakfast
Start the day off with breakfast. Aside from being nutritious, eating breakfast forces you to slow down in the morning. Eat, pace yourself, and you’ll get into work without rush-hour anxiety in your system.

Go to work earlier
After a delicious meal, avoid the morning stampede and go to work earlier than others. You’ll get fewer traffic jams, phone calls, and interruptions. All this lets you get more done in a calmer environment. With this increased productivity in the morning, you can go home earlier.

Meditate
Countless researchers in fancy white lab coats have shown how meditation relaxes both your mind and body. Try mini-meditations (Follow my old post). Short little deep breathing exercises that take you temporarily out of your work angst. 

Breathe deeply
Deep breathing shouldn’t be confined to meditation breaks. Every breath you take should be deep. Sadly, many of us, myself included, are unconscious shallow breathers. To kill this habit, practice deep breathing exercises often to train your body to take full breaths.

Invest in an ergonomic chair
You sit in front of a computer (or) in your work place 8 hours a day. Isn’t it worth investing in a comfortable chair to ease your body? 

Eliminate clutter
A cluttered desk distracts, creates visual pollution, and adds to your existing stress level. Each item on your desk, however small, is something you have to think about when you look at it. Don’t make excuses, clear your desk now. Tomorrow, it’ll feel good to come to a clean desk.

Wear headphones
In noisy work environments, headphones are vital to sanity. Even if you’re not listening to music, put them on to block ambient noise. It’ll also let others know not to bother you.

Play music
Of course, listening to music with your headphones on also helps you to relax. Pick something you know will put you at ease. 

Take your full lunch hour
Make lunch sacred. This means not munching at your desk. Take your lunch outside and don’t end your lunch hour early. 

Take a nap
Finish eating lunch a little early? Use the rest of your lunch hour to take a nap. Set an alarm on your phone, and recharge your body.

Play
If you have a hard time napping in the middle day, use the rest of your lunch hour to play. Take a walk, sketch, write in your journal, twirl, play. Anything pleasurable as long as it’s not working and in front of the computer.

Laugh
Comic relief is a well known technique for relieving dramatic tension in movies, plays, and novels. It’s also handy during those high-anxiety moments at work. 

Get a new job

If none of the above works, maybe its time to simply quit your job and search for a new one. hehehe…  
 

A lot of this is just common sense like your mama taught you. But hey, we all need reminders when we’re too busy to remember.