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Poll: How do you deal with work-related stress?
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Thomas Pfann
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United Kingdom
Local time: 09:02
Member (2006)
English to German
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Walk/sleep to recover Mar 16, 2017

That's quite a long list of possible replies but I think the most important option is missing: I don't. I would expect that most people don't deal/don't know how to deal with work-related stress.

Luckily, I don't get stressed easily but when I do, I probably muddle through and once it's over I recover by going for a walk or having a nap.

By the way, I quite like the option "A combination of these" which I take to mean "Whatever. Next question, please".


 
Muriel Vasconcellos
Muriel Vasconcellos  Identity Verified
United States
Local time: 02:02
Member (2003)
Spanish to English
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A combination Mar 16, 2017

Walking, reading, eating(!), gardening, online shopping(!), online games., TV

I prefer short interruptions.

I also have a chi-machine, which relaxes me completely. I've used it regularly for over 20 years.


 
Ricki Farn
Ricki Farn
Germany
Local time: 10:02
English to German
Gardening, and walking around talking to the squirrels Mar 16, 2017

... but only because a certain someone quit drug dealing when his translation business picked up

 
Annamaria Amik
Annamaria Amik  Identity Verified
Local time: 11:02
Romanian to English
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Reading and Other Mar 16, 2017

Reading is my favorite non-work and non-family related activity. Other: a glass of red wine.

 
Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida  Identity Verified
Portugal
Local time: 09:02
Member (2007)
English to Portuguese
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Other Mar 16, 2017

Over the years, I’ve learned to say no (and be very picky with what I accept) and to be very organized (work-wise), as a result I don’t get stressed very easily. Keep calm is my motto. As Don Quixote said: “There is a remedy for everything but death”...

 
Yetta Jensen Bogarde
Yetta Jensen Bogarde  Identity Verified
Denmark
Local time: 10:02
Member (2012)
English to Danish
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A combination of several options Mar 16, 2017

And I have become better to say no, especially to clients with ridiculously long payment terms and/or extensive instruction materials.

 
Christine Andersen
Christine Andersen  Identity Verified
Denmark
Local time: 10:02
Member (2003)
Danish to English
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Other Mar 16, 2017

Cut the problem down to size and deal with it.

It is not always easy, but it is basically simple. I ask myself what I am getting so worked up about. Then, if possible, I shift the problem at least partly to the client, or the Trados hotline, or someone else who can help.
I learned in an earlier job to shut out issues I can't do anything about, like jobs I have to turn down because I don't have time...

Can't meet the deadline - write a mail to the client AT ONCE an
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Cut the problem down to size and deal with it.

It is not always easy, but it is basically simple. I ask myself what I am getting so worked up about. Then, if possible, I shift the problem at least partly to the client, or the Trados hotline, or someone else who can help.
I learned in an earlier job to shut out issues I can't do anything about, like jobs I have to turn down because I don't have time...

Can't meet the deadline - write a mail to the client AT ONCE and explain why, suggesting when I can deliver and a solution if possible.

Etc.

Family and friends on the phone ... This is difficult, but if it is not an emergency, I say firmly 'I have a deadline, so can I call you back?' And then put down the receiver.

I say the Serenity Prayer:
God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change,
Courage to change the things I can,
And wisdom to know the difference.

Then I make a cup of coffee and get to work. (Or else I take my migraine medication and go to bed!)
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Julian Holmes
Julian Holmes  Identity Verified
Japan
Local time: 18:02
Member (2011)
Japanese to English
Other Mar 16, 2017

Why isn't "Sex, drugs 'n rock 'n roll" one of the opiates, woops, options?

 
Nadja Balogh
Nadja Balogh  Identity Verified
Germany
Local time: 10:02
Member (2007)
Japanese to German
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A combination - except for writing Mar 16, 2017

I found that translating has seriously decreased my desire to write - it's a combination of not wanting to be in front of the PC even longer and my brain refusing to deal with any more words than it already does. I barely managed to write this comment

 
Linda Ildevert (X)
Linda Ildevert (X)  Identity Verified
United Kingdom
Local time: 09:02
French to English
I don't, my dog does! Mar 16, 2017

A long walk in the fresh air with the dog does wonders to relieve stress!

 
Michael Harris
Michael Harris  Identity Verified
Germany
Local time: 10:02
Member (2006)
German to English
Stress Mar 16, 2017

is bad time management. If I have a lot to do then I work on it until it is finished. I do sport everyday, but that is because I want to get fit and lose weight.
On top of that, I have children and they cause more stress than my work.


 
Carina Tschaitschmann
Carina Tschaitschmann
Austria
Local time: 10:02
Member
English to German
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A combination Mar 16, 2017

Riding my horse, cooking...been meaning to do yoga again and read a book, if there were just more hours in a day...

[Edited at 2017-03-16 13:07 GMT]


 
Sofia Gutkin
Sofia Gutkin  Identity Verified
Australia
Local time: 20:02
Member (2012)
Russian to English
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Something that's not on the list... Mar 16, 2017

I rant. I tell my boyfriend all about it (then I complain that he doesn't listen to me once he becomes glassy-eyed) or I tell my mother when she calls me. Sharing is caring... right?

 
Ana Florencia Fernandez
Ana Florencia Fernandez
Argentina
Local time: 06:02
English to Spanish
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A combination... and especially dancing! Mar 16, 2017

Dancing is my fuel (and the 3 PM coffee, of course).

 
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