Living la vida loca

Ricky Martin says it all from the music that he sung a few years back, Living la vida loca. We are really living the crazy life and not one individual is exempted from this phenomenon. We are entangled with the fast phase of life that is brought about by drastic changes of the ever changing world.

We wake up early to elude bottle necks and traffic jams in the streets of the metropolis and once we get in the office, we start staring at the monitors of our personal computers openning emails,  answering phone calls and beating the deadline of daily, weekly and monthly reports respectively.  Lunch break came and we sap for fifteen minutes and back again to our tables pounding every angle of the keyboard to finish what is to be done for the day to do away back logs that might complicate the work on the following day. The day is done and it's time to go home. We wait for vacant taxi cabs and eventually come home late. The kids are asleep and the husband/wife arrives late too. There is no more time to prepare and eat supper for you are exhausted on the days routine. Next day came and we start all over again from the great migration to the office and back to our domicile in the afternoon. A never ending cycle of frustration and boredom.

Living la vida loca or living the crazy life is here to stay, in fact each passing year it gets worst and more hectic than ever. I can't imagine what would life be by the turn of this century. I mean we humans has its limitations to some extent and could easily break under pressure. The question is can we sustain this kind of life by mimicing a hired help robot or being a robot itself.

Overcoming stress and anxiety

What is stress and anxiety? As Webster would define stress, “a force exerted when one body or body part presses on, pulls on, pushes against, or tends to compress or twist another body or body part.” While anxiety on the other hand is “painful or apprehensive uneasiness of mind usually over an impending or anticipated ill”. These words are synonymous to one another and not one is much aggravating than the other.

We humans are born to experience these earthly dispositions that causes tantrums and weakness in our physical being both mind and body. Not one individual is exempted from this undertaking and we must lived with it, understand it and find ways to overcome stress and anxiety, but how?

I have been working for nineteen years now in a pharmaceutical company, and if we talk of stress and anxiety, I have more than a handful of weakening dose and drunk hundreds even thousands of stress tabs, sleeping pills and vitamins just to offset the pain brought about by this devastating circumstance.  Pain is alleviated temporarily, days pass and it’s back. So, I have formulated an acronym of the word ANXIETY and STRESS to manage and overcome it since we can never eradicate these words for as long as we are living in this planet.

A – Apple

as the old cliché goes “an apple a day keeps the doctor away”, I believe in this for fruits not only apple remove toxins in our body. Without toxins our body functions well and our mind is focused on the positive aspects.

N – Norm

Set  daily goals each day to achieve. Make goals that are realizable so as not to frustrate your self if you fell short.

X – Xplore

Explore things that are new and that catches your interests’. Do not dwell on the monotony of office work.

I – Importance

Give importance to others and give appreciation as well. In return they will return the favor which makes it a network of positive vibes.

E – Evolve

Transform yourself join the crowd and don’t be left behind. join gatherings and be involved. “if you are in Rome be a Roman.”

T – Training

Attend seminars and trainings that are social development oriented

Y  – Your

No matter what others say to you be it positive or negative, You are the boss. You are the captain of your ship. You think therefore you are. But listen to criticism acknowledge the positive and learn from the negative.   ANXIETY

S – Smile

Always wear a smile it makes your day and everyday a beautiful and wonderful day.

T – Time-out

In every ball game there is always a time out, when things get hot it’s time to cool down and take a break from office work.

R – Relax

Relax is quite similar to time-out. Go to the beach and unwind, drink beverages that cools you and have fun with friends and love ones.

E -Excercise

I love playing tennis or go to the gym to lift weights. This is good for cardio vascular routines and eliminates stress.

S – Speak

Say what is on your mind. Be true to yourself. But be wary for speech can also be very destructive to ones emotions. Say things in a nice way so as not to offend.

S – Sing

Videoke is an alternative, voicing out your anger and for sure this will eliminate STRESS.

I have written this article to share to you how I manage stress and anxiety and hoping this will be helpful…….