Office job thunderguntness

[mrplunkey]

On the Mac - it is great. You start out as cavemen and try to build a civilization. You win buy either destroying all the other countries or by landing a space ship on Alpha centauri.

Lot of battles and nuclear wars and shit in between. I spent a many of hours on that thing. Find it got worse as it got more animated but may go back to playing it again.

That's what I used to do years ago with StarCraft. It was a great relaxer when I had 20-40 minutes on the road.

 

[PICK3]

That's what I used to do years ago with StarCraft. It was a great relaxer when I had 20-40 minutes on the road.

as is the starfish

 

[mrplunkey]

as is the starfish

Yeah butt you like starfish where the taint connects to a peener.

Knot good!

 

[PICK3]

Yeah butt you like starfish where the taint connects to a peener.

Knot good!

wtf???

 

[mrplunkey]

wtf???

U know it's troo.

 

[shirlene29]

Here's how I manage it (with mixed success... sometimes it works great and sometimes it all goes to hell).

1) Get on a super-regular schedule. Sleep at the same time and wake up at the same time.

2) Routines are your friend. Make them rituals. Work at the office may be unpredictable, but your morning routine and drive into work shouldn't be. Just don't integrate anything unhealthy into that ritual (i.e. buying a big milkshake on the way into work).

3) Go easy on the stimulants. I do a fairly large (but far from monster) cup of 50% decaffeinated coffee. Then I avoid caffeine for the rest of the day. Lots of coffee in the morning can give you the late afternoon munchies that go along with a crash.

4) Embed little healthy rituals into your day (i.e. not food rituals, like a candy bar run). For me, I like to use the last 10 minutes of lunch to work a Sudoku puzzle. Sure it sounds nerdy, but it puts some ritual into each day.

5) Schedule everything you can. And don't run one of those big-shot blow-hard calendars where you tell your "girl" to give them some ridiculous date six months from now. But do organize each day at least 1-2 days in advance when possible. For some reason, a little advance notice gives our brains a chance to adjust for what's coming.

6) Small lunch... always

7) Learn to intermingle stressful and relaxing work. I love product development and research issues. I hate personnel problems and legal issues. So if I'm going to spend the afternoon in a room full of lawyers, you can bet your ass I'm going to spend the morning in a machine shop or working on a new product.

8) Maintain perspective: "There's always an Arquillian Battle Cruiser, or a Corillian Death Ray, or an intergalactic plague that is about to wipe out all life on this miserable little planet". And strangely enough, your office manager will try to convince you that you completing that TPS report before the COB today will save you all.

9) Keep in the back of your mind that many companies artificially create a crisis like (8) simply because it pumps you full of adrenaline and keeps you working harder -- but it also pumps you full of cortisol which makes you softer and more tired.

10) I've never found a cortisol-reducing supplement that actually worked for me. But that sure doesn't mean they don't exist.

I'm sure I left a few out. That was just stream of consciousness.

all good advice...some of it is tough for sales though as you well know

don't laugh but I found a supp that actually reduced my insanely high cortisol levels..
its called "Adrene Vive" by ortho molecular products
it was recommended by an anti aging dr...so idk
it seems like the main active ingredient in it that actually has studies behind it is phosphatidylserine

the stuff chills me right out...a nice calm zen feeling..and at night I just knock off when I take it (without feeling drugged)
I noticed a difference in about a week

 

[mrplunkey]

all good advice...some of it is tough for sales though as you well know

don't laugh but I found a supp that actually reduced my insanely high cortisol levels..
its called "Adrene Vive" by ortho molecular products
it was recommended by an anti aging dr...so idk
it seems like the main active ingredient in it that actually has studies behind it is phosphatidylserine

the stuff chills me right out...a nice calm zen feeling..and at night I just knock off when I take it (without feeling drugged)
I noticed a difference in about a week

I may try it. I'm always looking for a stress-relieving angle.

 

[shirlene29]

yeah...it seemed to do the trick...my cortisol levels were a hot mess before taking it...after three months they calmed right down

interestingly enough I was going to bikram 6 days a week before the blood work so I was surprised they were so high
I actually cut the bikram down to 3 days a week...lifting three days a week...reduced caffeine and cut out refined carbs totally...so who knows what really did it?
but I noticed a HUGE difference in sleep quality with it

 

[superqt4u2nv]

all good advice...some of it is tough for sales though as you well know

don't laugh but I found a supp that actually reduced my insanely high cortisol levels..
its called "Adrene Vive" by ortho molecular products
it was recommended by an anti aging dr...so idk
it seems like the main active ingredient in it that actually has studies behind it is phosphatidylserine

the stuff chills me right out...a nice calm zen feeling..and at night I just knock off when I take it (without feeling drugged)
I noticed a difference in about a week

Damm I want some

 

[PICK3]

For me, I like to use the last 10 minutes of lunch to work a Sudoku puzzle.

where you tell your "girl"

wut if you are teh girl

Learn to intermingle stressful and relaxing work.

I'll request my boss to adjust his schedule accordingly

Maintain perspective: "There's always an Arquillian Battle Cruiser, or a Corillian Death Ray, or an intergalactic plague that is about to wipe out all life on this miserable little planet".

or a little teh herpe flare up

I'm sure I left a few out.

I'm sure