Stress relief

Makes sense to me. Letting the small stuff fall to the side isn't natural for everyone, for most it has to be learned. It gets easier, too, like you said. Finding something that you do for yourself that makes you happy and relaxed can be just as hard for people who, often without knowing it, do almost everything for reasons other than to please themselves - for others, to satisfy a stadium of invisible judges. Or maybe I'm just crazy.

 

You have a new mantra. Repeat to people who bring their problems to you until they get the point.

"Failure to plan on your part does not constitute an emergency on my part."

 

get drunk
get stoned
get laid

With the right chick, all three at once.

 

Crank up some kick-ass Eagles tunes on the stereo.

 

I lift weights. By the end of an hour, I'm too tired to think about everything.

 

Jay,

Google this: FM 3-04.301

It's the Army's medical manual for aviators, and contains an entire chapter on stress. Even though it's written in Army medical speak, it's quite interesting and will help you. Seriously.

Chapter 3 is the one on stress.