#295: Dealing with summer stress

Just when you think you can’t handle any more stress the schools close for the summer vacation. Time to reach for that bottle of painkillers, the one that states ‘take two and keep away from children’.

You can also calm down by trying the following tricks guaranteed to reduce stress or to delegate it elsewhere.

First, aim lower. I have learned over time and at great personal cost that the world will not end if you lower your standards. Not too much, though. They might notice.

Once you’ve mastered that trick the next one will be a piece of cake. Here it is in one word: procrastinate. You have no idea how much stress I’ve saved myself this way. Invariably someone will run out of patience and do it on your behalf.

After you’ve lowered your standards and taken your time, try this one for fun. Never put off until tomorrow what your spouse can do today. Now have a nice day.


I’m James McIntosh at nonsenseatwork.com

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