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by yawaworht1978 1820 days ago
Do never, ever let a job or manager affect your stress levels. If you can, seek greener pastures, but more importantly, do not let it affect you. Same for relationship issues. The hair is only one of the affected areas. God knows how bad this is some internal body parts if it leads to binge eating or coping solutions like drinking etc. Not to mention the mind.
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hermannj314 1820 days ago
Can you elaborate on how to not let a job affect you in this way?

Do you think stress is equally caused by external factors (boss, job) or internal factors (personality, etc.)? I would be afraid of quitting a great job over stress only to find out the problem was inside me the entire time.

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willcipriano 1820 days ago
Leave your LinkedIn as "looking for work", a email every day or two from someone who wants to hire you reminds you that you have other options and even if all this went sideways you'd land on your feet.

In this market if your company burnt to the ground you'd likely end up with a short vacation and a raise.

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treeman79 1820 days ago
First half of 2000 I was getting calls from recruiters non stop. Multiple per day. I had just started out but had in demand skills.

One day the calls just stopped. They didn’t start again for 3 years.

The whole dot com crash was quite humbling.

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willcipriano 1820 days ago
That of course happens but that isn't happening today, no reason to run yourself ragged in the current climate. Another stress tip I have is to live well within your means. I just refinanced my mortgage and I'm down to about $900 a month, taxes and insurance included. The local Walmart is offering $17.75 an hour so I'm in a position that so long as I have a job, any job, that's paying the local prevailing wage I can support my family.
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jpttsn 1820 days ago
Chronic stress might be bad. A little stress from time to time in life is not that strange. Aspiring to a stress free existence seems unwise unless you’re some particular kind of royalty.
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baby 1820 days ago
Aspire to a low-stress life. Yep!

Also stressing for the right reasons is good (like going out of your comfort zone).

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