This is Wayne's World

Mainly at work I mean…

Not so long back I was feeling the stress at work. Not because it was busy. Heaven knows we all wish for that again but because of tight deadlines coupled with the threat of then having no work I guess! I don’t actually know but stress is what I felt and it was fucking rubbish!
I needed a holiday and as luck would have it I had one booked and boy was it good. Good because it allowed me time to re-group, collect my thoughts and come up with a strategy for dealing with shit (or stress if you like).

I already had a good base to start from however. 2 books that I would recommend to everyone with their heads full up to the top with poo.

First the Consolations of Philosophy by Alain De Botton. This deals with more then just stress but nevertheless is well worth owning! The second is from the Dale Carnegie collection called How to Stop Worrying and Start Living which although is classed as a self help book……Don’t let this put you off. A very good, thought provoking read.

My top tips are as follows……..

Don’t cry over split milk.

You’ve heard it before but its true. If something goes wrong or something breaks even if its a bone. Think about it. Is it really that bad? Is it something you can’t recover from? Did anyone die? Probably not (hopefully not with the last point). The best course of action is plan what needs to be done now something has gone wrong/broken. Work on the solution, not the problem! And worrying is never part of the plan.

Do one thing at once.

Seriously. You might have 101 things to get done but none of them will get completed if your thinking/trying to get them all done juggled at the same time. Start something and finish it then start something else and finish that. Work gets done that way. Or try this wacky notion……Don’t start. Simple. Let some other epsilon do it. Ha! But seriously, this point is directly related to my next tip……

Say NO.

N O spells no dickhead. Its not you that has the problem. Especially when your trying to get things done. That said it must be a no in a positive context. Nobody wants bad Karma working against them. Can you even imagine that? Close your eyes, breathe and chant our new mantra……Nam myoho renge kyo, NO NO NO. Nam myoho renge kyo, NO NO NO

Don’t rush.

You will cock up if you do. And that goes for everything in life! Whats the rush anyway. Life should be savoured like a mouthful of juicy rare fillet steak that you’re just not ready to swallow yet.

Now I know your probably saying to yourself ‘I already know all that’ or something like what I would be saying….’that’s all bloody obvious!’. And it isn’t anything new but I bet you rarely put any of it into practice. Be honest……..Fibbers!

If you follow all the above rules and live them out with conviction then no doubt you will still get shit flung from all quarters but at least when you retire for the night with your glass of port you will know. You were right and boy did you enjoy being so!!