Friday, September 19, 2008
When someone asks me about how I am doing, I usually say one of two things. Either I say “Good, like always” or “I have nothing to complain about.”
Whenever I say “Good, like always”, that usually means I am stress free at the time, or I am at my average stress level. My guiding principle for life is to live stress free for as long a duration as possible. Whenever I am making a decision or am faced with a choice, I always ask myself how much stress this decision or choice is going to bring me versus other decisions or choices. For example, if I have an essay to write I could either finish it at the last minute, or start on it early. If I decide to write it at the last minute, then I would be scrambling to find sources and look up information on the topic, and scrambling to structure and put together ideas for this essay. Doing all that in a short amount of time will lead to a lot of stress. However, if I start early I will have more time to find info on the topic and more time to structure it right and put together my ideas, thus causing less stress. Writing an essay is stressful for me, but the idea is to create as less stress as possible while I am doing it. It’s all about which decision or choice will create the least amount of stress. Not too many people in this world can live completely stress free, but we as people can do our best to keep our stress level as low as possible, and that involves making good decisions and choices.
Whenever I say “I have nothing to complain about”, that usually means my stress level is a little above average as of now. An average stress level can be defined as the amount of stress that one can handle without going “Coo Coo for Cocoa Puffs.” Taking care of your kids or writing an essay can be stressful, but if one can handle it well I would say they were at their average stress level. Whenever I am a little above average stress level I am in more stress than I would like to be in. But I always think about how the situation could be worse so I usually suck it up, try not to complain, and work on getting my stress level back down to average. I believe a person should let their stress level get only so much above average. If your stress level gets way up there then let it go, because it can be harmful. Do not let your children raise your stress level so much that you want to pick up a frying pan and buss them in their head; just send them over to your mama’s house. She will understand because she had the same problem with you when you were a child. Your mama had a decision to make on whether to buss you in the head with a frying pan, or send you to grandma’s house. Thank god for you that she made the decision that caused less stress. If she had hit you with the frying pan she would probably be dealing with doctor bills or the judicial system, thus putting more stress on her person.
Luckily for me I use the phrase “Good, like always” more than I use “I have nothing to complain about”. The main reason is because I make good decisions and choices that cause the least amount of stress.
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