subject: Work Related Stress and Relationships [print this page] Work Related Stress and Relationships Work Related Stress and Relationships
Working hard at your job, no matter what the reason, can make it tough to keep your relationship thriving. Evaluate your job and the duties you perform on a deep level to know where you are starting from. Knowledge is the key here and being able to look at your duties as though you are not the one involved. We want to make sure that our relationship does not decline when we can affect the way we hand our stress from work and our relationships.You have to find a way to leave your work where it belongs, at work. You have to make up your mind that separating your work life from your home life is imperative to your relationship. Doing twenty different things at one time is not the way to get ahead in your job. You have to make time for your family and the things that you love. Find a way to leave your work where it belongs, at work, in order to spend quality time with your family.You must get the stress from your work out of your body and head before you go spend time with the ones you love. No one likes to be stuck discussing your negative emotions from work, so you have to release this work related stress before you meet them. Doing something like writing down all the things that have happened in the day that you disliked or a list of all the bad feelings you had during the day will help you let go of those feelings. At very least, write down the one thing that you are most emotional about from the day and be sure to think about why you are feeling this as you write it down. Bring up all of the negative thoughts and emotions you have about this and then take the piece of paper you have put all these feeling on and then get rid of it. Your thoughts about that subject will be safe with that paper for the time being. You can now interact with the ones you love without having those negative thoughts floating around in your head.Another way to get rid of the negative feelings you have after a hard day of work is to go do something that gets your blood pumping. Going to the gym, playing in a recreational or competitive league, or even just running will help you think all those negative thoughts out of your system and you'll get to benefit from it as well. When you finish exercising you can return to those that you are looking to spend time with and both of yo can mutually enjoy each others company, especially now that the stress of the day is no longer with you.
