Today's Stress Tip..by G. Gaynor McTigue..THU.7/14/05

Don't deny yourself occasional "sprawl" time.

Sprawl time is that unplanned, spontaneous time when you almost involuntarily disengage from an arduous task to flip through a magazine, lapse into a conversation, putter around aimlessly, or drift off into a reverie. Don't chide yourself on such occasions. Or feel guilty you've put time to no worthwhile purpose. Quite the contrary. Look at these interludes as circuit breakers, telling you to ease up and rest a bit or you'll burn yourself out, become irritable, frustrated, overstressed. Rather than resist, let your mind and body welcome these relaxing breaks from the unrelenting grind. Why make yourself crazy?

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An ego is the hardest thing to maintain.

Egotism is addictive. The more you feed it, the more it needs to be fed. If your self-worth is dependent on the adulation of others, you put yourself at their mercy, and they may not always be willing to comply. People are notoriously fickle. They love creating icons, so they can gleefully knock them off their pedestals. Think about that. No matter how rich or famous you are, if your self-esteem needs endless coddling you become nothing but a slave to it...and have to constantly work, stress and even pander to maintain it. Look at all the self-anointed poo-bahs of the world falling all over themselves for the slightest recognition. Do you admire them? Or snigger at their almost childlike appetite for attention? The opposite of this is altruism. Do good for the simple joy of doing good. If praise comes your way, fine. If it doesn't, that's okay, too. Why make yourself crazy?

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