Tag Archives: handling stress

Can We Choose to Be Happy?

I discovered something this week, or maybe I should say I relearned something this week. Sometimes, I choose to let outside influences determine my mood. But it doesn’t need to be that way. In the midst of all the seemingly compounding stress of my day job, I found myself growing quite frustrated. In fact, theContinue reading “Can We Choose to Be Happy?”

Don’t Miss the Small Things

Talking with a relative this week, I was reminded how easy it is to miss the small things. With all that happens in my day job and my family’s activities, it’s easy to focus on just what needs to be done. It’s easy to focus on the stress. Whether that is managing several projects inContinue reading “Don’t Miss the Small Things”

Goals and the Good Things in Life

Life is tough some times. In my experience, however, focusing on the negative around me, doesn’t make me any happier. I find that taking the time to notice the good helps me be more cheerful. Some of the most joyful people I’ve met seem to not notice, or at least not focus on, what theyContinue reading “Goals and the Good Things in Life”

Goals, Challenges, and Stress

This last week has been full of challenges in my day job. But the constant stress of my day job was compounded this week by a close friend’s struggle with the loss of a member of his extended family. That event caused a lot of added stress to his life, and made me thankful IContinue reading “Goals, Challenges, and Stress”

Writing my Way Through Stressful Days

It’s great to see people are reading my time travel book Resonance on Kindle Unlimited. Every day more pages are read. That book has performed better than all the others I’ve written. For September, I’m working on outlining a sequel to it, to explore the characters a little more. Here I am at another endContinue reading “Writing my Way Through Stressful Days”

Sometimes, We All Need an Escape

Life can be stressful at times. We’ve all seen it through the last year and even into this year. When that stress gest overwhelming, we all need an escape. We all need a way to distract ourselves from the stresses of life we can’t change. Some of my favorite escapes are good stories. Both theContinue reading “Sometimes, We All Need an Escape”