health care
Economy Sends Stress Levels
Sky-High
leave their jobs or their fields to find quil. Also, plants breathe life into stag-
A
s the job market becomes
more balance in their life. But as the nate work environments.
increasingly competitive, on-the-
tough economy makes finding jobs
job stress levels reach all-time
more difficult, many Americans feel 2) Increase your Pro Bono work.
highs. In fact, work-related stress
reluctant to jeopardize steady incomes. The average American works over 40
plagues 80 percent of American work-
At the same time, workers are reluctant hours a week and gets less than seven
ers.
to reveal their stress on the job, lest hours of sleep on the weekdays. Week-
Bullying, unsupportive colleagues
they find themselves unemployed. ends are a good time to change your
and managers, interruptions, pressure
Here are three tips for Americans routine. If you can’t relax on the week-
and lack of direction can all contribute
looking to find ways to manage their end, don’t power through it. Instead,
to workplace stress. According to the
job-related stress levels: put your energy into helping a charity
Centers for Disease Control and
or giving back to your community. By
Prevention, early warning signs of too
1) Change your venue. Location, doing this, you will alleviate stress and
much stress at work include headaches,
location, location is everything when it find fulfillment in another area besides
sleep disturbances, difficulty concen-
comes to reducing stress in your office. your career.
trating, short temper, upset stomach,
From the color of your walls, to the
job dissatisfaction and low morale.
position of your desk, your mood will 3) Balance the scales. If you start
Some severely stressed workers
increase as your space gets more tran- your day with a cigarette, a double-shot
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