Do you ever find yourself tense and almost ready to “Burst”? Do you go through a day where several things go wrong and it seems to just build up? You get in your car at the end of the day and the drive home is stressful and you seem to get every red light or stuck behind a bad driver.
You then grab a beer or open a bottle of wine and have one or two drinks really quickly to try and “Settle your nerves” before having another three or four drinks with dinner.
If you have young kids there is the bathing, bed time and reading
routines, before you settle into your own time.
But all this time you are checking your phone, reading emails, watching social media and getting sucked into clickbait.
Bed time approaches and you look forward to lying down but when you do, there are a million thoughts going through your head. What you didn't do today, what you have to do tomorrow, kids stuff, work stuff.
Have you ever thought about where all of this stress is going? Normally, if you do get to sleep, you wake up the next day and it “Resets” and a new day starts. But the stress is still building up inside you.
What can you do to get rid of this stress?
Well, you will be disappointed to hear that I can’t answer this for you. It’s something that you need to work out for yourself. I can, however, share with you what works for me. I will talk about it. If I’ve had a shit day or several things have gone wrong, I will share it with Ness (my wife) or I’ll call my eldest son Brad and have a chat with him.
It works for me and it gives me the chance to download or maybe offload is a better word? I don’t expect them to give me an answer or a solution, I just want to be able
to share some of the things that have happened.
I believe that too many of us just keep things bottled up, we don’t share or offload things and for some people, this stress builds up and we eventually crack.
Have a think about how you deal with your stress levels, but also have a think about ways that you can offload some of your
stress.
I spoke with our team and here are a few other ways that we can all reduce stress...
For me the best thing for my mental health and well-being is to get out on my adaptive mountain bike. Not only do I get the enjoyment from the physical exercise that I know my body is receiving, but it’s also the enjoyment of getting off the road and footpaths, and out into the bush trails.
There’s just something about pushing my body to its limits while also watching and breathing in the natural world as I ride.
Is there anything better than a good Aussie road trip?
I’m writing this from Newcastle in NSW. On Friday, I left the Yarra Valley where I live and headed to Myrtleford to see my mum, I then headed to Dubbo to see my nephew and my sister and then across to Newcastle to work this week. So far I’ve covered 1300 kilometers and by the time I get home it will be close to 2500km.
Lots of time to think and to look at the amazing
country we live in.
I’ve just finished an audio book and have managed to fit in a few podcasts. I can stop when I want to stop and I can go the way I want to go, rather than go where someone else takes me.
Just getting back to the previous wellbeing story, it's been great for my mental health. I'd rather spend 6 hours in a car than 2 hours on a plane.
Get out there and do your own Road Trip
CNB SAFE OFFICE
We have finally finished moving offices.
Our old office was just not working for us, so we looked around for somewhere that we could all do a better job.
After a few months of waiting for furniture, NBN connections and other frustrating delays we are in!
I have known James for the past 6-7 years, and apart from James, I had the opportunity to use other speakers like Greg and Michelle.
I can guarantee that each one will leave an impact on the team. After lifting the Covid-19 restrictions, I recently had the pleasure to invite James for a Safety Day presentation with the current employer at multiple locations. James's simple message about the Choices each one makes and how it can have an everlasting impact on their lives is so powerful. I look forward to another event.
I’m not very tech savvy, so I asked the team to look at getting my book '12 Reasons Not To Get Hurt' online as an eBook. After some confusion and much hair pulling, Vanessa managed to sort out the tech details and it is now available on Amazon and Kindle.
So if an eBook is your thing, download your copy HERE!
