how to relieve stress at the office? Any tips?

Question

what should i do?

Answer 1

There are two ways to cope with stress at the office: avoiding it, and relieving it. First, relieving stress:

* Use your breaks. If you have a 15-minute break, get outside, or at least take the break in a part of the office that is away from any locations that cause you stress. Find the most relaxing places to spend your short breaks--small bits of exercise are often very helpful; a short walk can do wonders. For lunch, the same applies; if you have time, a short walk during your break (which can involve walking to a restaurant or walking to somewhere where you can eat a packed lunch) is a great walk to get a little natural exercise in.

* Find ways to make mini-breaks, like bathroom breaks, a walk to the copier, etc. Pause 15 seconds to look out the window whenever you get up, especially if there's a nice view. Stuff like this can go a long way towards relieving stress. When you're at your desk you want to be focused but your mind can't focus 100% of the time--instead of spacing out or zoning out at your desk, stand up and move around--you're not wasting time if your mind was wandering anyway--and clear your mind, so you can relax before you get back to work.

* Relaxation exercises can help a lot. There are so many different ways to do this; there are basic techniques you can find online, and there are also many forms of meditation that can be helpful. Most of them involve some form of awareness of breathing. Some sort of physical actions can help a lot too--stretching, moving your body around. I find that standing up on your tip-toes, and then moving your arms in their full range of motion can do wonders, and it only takes a few seconds. You may find that if you study martial arts or something like Yoga or Tai Chi that you become better at using your body to relax your mind.

* I find it helpful to continually drink teas during the day, whenever I work in an office job. I alternate caffeinated ones with caffeine free ones. Many herbal teas have a calming effect, and the act of drinking warm liquid itself will warm up your body and help relax you. Too much caffeine can make stress worse--it's best to drink small amounts of caffeine over a long period of time. (Think a few cups of tea through the day, instead of one cup of espresso in the morning)

* Find ways to talk about your work with co-workers, and intersperse periods of working alone with periods of talking to people whenever possible. Most people will get stressed out if they spend either too much time with people (and don't get alone time) or too much time working alone (and don't talk to people). Try to balance this, if your job allows it.

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Now, about avoiding stress; eliminating it at its source:

Probably the best thing you can do is to stay out of office politics. This is actually a lot simpler than it sounds; follow two basic rules: (1) Never say anything bad about someone. (2) if someone starts complaining to you about other people in a negative way, stop paying attention to them--that is, don't agree with their comments or continue to make eye contact; try to change the subject or just stop talking. It may not be easy--but in the long run if you can stay out of office politics you will find that you become very well-liked in the office, and that your job becomes a lot less stressful.

The last piece of advice is about workload. In most offices, people will continue to pile on work, and most people are always behind on deadlines, etc., but there are a few strategies you can develop to avoid falling into this rut. Always have something productive and proactive you can do when you finish your work--that is, something that involves preparing for work to come, that will save you time later on, making things easier for you. This could include reorganizing things or developing better ways to use your computer. This way you can keep busy whenever you finish your work; if you seem busy, people will be less likely to keep piling on more work.

I hope this is helpful! I know not all of the advice I gave may be possible, depending on exactly what your job is and what sorts of flexibility you have--but find the stuff that you're able to do and try it out!

Answer 2

Stress relieving tips for the office (being serious here)

Don't let the little things bother you. Stop and think before you become angry. Why are you getting angry? Is it really work getting angry about?

Scented candles (you dont have to light them). Get some good strong scented candles and put them in a place where you see them often (and can smell them when you start to get frustrated)

If you sit at a desk for long period, invest in a small short foot stool to prop your feet up on. If you are physcially comfortable, then emotionally you will be healthy also.

At lunch time - take a walk - kill some stress. Let go of everything and take a brisk 5 or 10 minute walk.

Answer 3

If you're getting stressed out, DON'T pull your hair out. Take a short break to re-think things through. When you're feeling overwhelmed, try listening to some music that YOU find relaxing, yes Jazz and classical is relaxing, but what do you enjoy when you are having some leisure time? Jack Johnson? Try to relieve some stress by doing some breating exercises, they sound lame, but they really do calm yourself down, and I bet if you search in google relaxing breathing exercises, a million different things will show up. Stress balls can be good, but I find them kind of useless after a while, just my opinion. Try to keep positive, and keep yourself organized. The more disorganized you are, the more overwhelming ANY task can be! Hope I helped a little bit

Answer 4

Take a walk at lunch time

Go to the gym after work

Both relieve the stress that builds up during the day.

Answer 5

Do as much walking before work and on breaks as time allows.
Meditate when you can
If you're in an office, plug in a lavender-scented Plug-In type thing
Drink enough water
Eat healthily (don't eat sugary foods for breakfast, at least)
Drink chamomile tea at work

Answer 6

Well i think its great to bring a picture of something that comforts you. Let yourself day dream for a moment and you will be in a better mood, this helps me alot.

Answer 7

deep breathing truly works wonders, but make sure they're "proper" deep breaths and u have to do at least 10.

http://www.authentic-breathing.com/deep_breathing.htm