stress

For some, it may be a day for self-care. For others, it's catching up on projects. Here's three possible ways to spend your "pull yourself together day."

Self-care on the job is not impossible. In fact, it is imperative to helping you maintain your health, sense of calm, and will even make you more productive.

Here's a few ideas to help you solidify some daily routines and activities that will strengthen you before the happy chaos commences.

Rushing around like a maniac leads to feeling frazzled all day. Our moods aren't as good, our work isn't as good...and even food isn't as good. Slow down.

Even if you love your work, there's a sense of pressure to get back to the "work week" after a brief reprieve over the typical two-day weekend.

The next time a holiday comes around, fight the temptation to minimize it. Celebrate special days. Heck, celebrate every day. Really, aren't they all special?

Sometimes it's the little things: The stream of tiny stressors plaguing our days like a million metaphorical mosquitoes during an East Texas summer afternoon.

If you feel guilty for getting out of the office and taking an actual lunch break, you're facing "lunch-shaming" on the job. This is why you're eating noodles at your desk for the fifth day in a row.

Sometimes it's the smile, kind glance, or helping with a chore you don't normally do that can make a difference in lives of those you love--and strangers, too.

If you're finding the buzz of the modern world particularly stressful today, try returning to the natural world just a little while.

When we take care of ourselves, we are better able to care for others in our lives.

When you're busy, sleep easily slips to the back-burner. However, getting quality sleep is crucial for living the other 16 hours or so of ours days well.