completed the most pressing tasks and can reprioritize the remaining items to another day.
Give yourself permission to end the day with an incomplete list.
The unexpected happens and there is nothing that you can do about it. If you have prioritized the list and something at the bottom doesn’t get completed, be okay with that.
There is always more you could do in a day, but you must be realistic. You also want to be certain that your list is realistic. If you know that it is unrealistic to complete 10 things in one day, but you put 10 things on your list anyway, you are simply inviting stress into your life and that is not helpful at all!
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Stay away from negative people.
We all know who these people are. Even if you are having a good day, spending time with these coworkers will surely affect your mood and add to your overall stress level. Negative, unhappy people in the workplace, or our personal lives for that matter, have a way of dragging us down to where they are and sometimes that hole can be difficult to get out of.
Work can be stressful and sometimes there isn’t much that can be done about it, but these tips will help you stay ahead of the game and limit your stress so that you don’t allow stress to eat away at the quality time you have with friends and family during your personal time.
Dr. Nicole Washington is a board-certified psychiatrist, speaker, author and host of The C-Suite Confidant, a biweekly podcast covering topics pertinent to mental wellness for the high performer. She enjoys educating others on all things mental wellness in hopes of decreasing the stigma associated with mental health issues.