Many people are affected by job stress. However, some individuals do not take their work-related stress seriously and its effect on their health. How stressed are you? How much do you take your job-related stress seriously?
If your stress is manifesting in unhealthy ways such as being irritable more than usual, then maybe it’s about time to take it seriously and assess what’s causing your stress. Ignoring your stress can be detrimental to your health and performance at work. Plan a self-care routine and start writing about your stress today. Here’s a guide on how you can do it:
Make notes about your job stress
Write about your thoughts, feelings, and work environment. Include details regarding the colleagues and circumstances involved, usual occurrences at work, your workplace physical setting, and how you react to such encounters and situations.
For a week or so, record these details in a journal or any paper that you can compile and organize. This would help you determine which circumstances create the most stress for you and identify how you respond to them.
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Watch this video to learn how you can self-assess your stress.
Further readings about job-related stress:
Want to know more about how Job stress affects your health? Read this research.
- (1) The effect of job stress to employee performance: Case study of manufacturing industry in Indonesia. Sari D.S., Storyna H., Intan R., Sinaga P., Gunawan F.E., Asrol M., 1 and Redi A. A. N. P. IOP Publishing Ltd. IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science 794 012085. doi: 10.1088/1755-1315/794/1/012085. https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1755-1315/794/1/012085/met
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