What Fish and Animals Can Teach Us About How We Manage Stress
Just found a fairly quick reading and thought-provoking article on evaluating our stress styles on Kat Tansey’s blog titled: What’s your Stress Style: Hamster, Salmon, or Cat? . After reading this, I can honestly say that for years now I have been striving to be more like the cat described in this article….although if I’m not careful, I can find myself all too quickly falling back into old ways and habits of dealing with stress which are exhaustingly salmon-like! What’s your stress style and does it need some tweaking or perhaps major alterations?
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Well, when I was in corporate America, I would say I was a hamster. There may have been a short time I was a salmon. But having moved to rural mountains of Va, I’m definitely a cat. Maybe sometimes too much so, but I figure the house and yard work aren’t going anywhere and I try not to let any job stresses invade my home. I just do the best I can while at work, then walk away. The pay is definitely not the same, but what price can you put on fresh air, stars so bright at night that they almost hurt your eyes, spring water so cold it hurts your teeth and open windows 9 months of the year. I wouldn’t trade my catness for the hamster wheel or salmon ladder anytime.
Many thanks, Debbie, and what an inspiration for anyone currently trying to decide if/when/how they can build a better quality of life for themselves and their families! All the Best, Nancy