Feel Freda Talk

Hello, lovelies!

We all deal with stress. We’re all exposed to different stress levels throughout our busy days, but how you deal with it is the most important part.

On the Knight & Daze podcast this week, I sit down with Vin Freda to discuss stress and how we each manage it. I personally love to journal, but how do you deal with stress?

Let me tell you a little story…

A few years back, I had a job I really enjoyed. I loved my job, I loved my coworkers, but the office manager and I could never see eye-to-eye and I’m not quite sure why that was.

But because of this constant tension with her, I was ALWAYS stressed about going to work and about having to answer to her because I knew no matter what I did, there would always be something she would find wrong with what I was doing. It made me so stressed, that it actually came out as a physical ailment.

I was limping around for two entire weeks.

At first, I would limp just when I got to work and it would subside once I left because my stress stemmed from this one place. But there was a point when it became worse and I was limping around no matter where I was. My stress level and general feeling of DREAD of going to work and having to work for this manager made it impossible to function.

I saw my doctor after 2 weeks of limping and he strongly advised that I quit the job because the stress and this limping was NOT worth it.

I gave my two weeks’ notice to the office manager, who in turn replied, “Well… this is a really inconvenient time for you to be telling me you’re leaving. We are extremely short staffed right now”.

My response? “Sorry that this is inconvenient for YOU, but I need to put my health first” and I turned around and walked out. And guess what? I could walk normally again! The instant I gave my two weeks notice, I could feel the stress melt away.

For the next two weeks that I worked there, I didn’t care. I didn’t care if I did something wrong or if I made a mistake because what were they going to do? Fire me? I already quit! And that was the moment I learned that no job will ever be worth it to feel physically sick over.

Money will always work itself out, so I decided from that day forward, I was going to think only of myself and my health and let the rest fall as it may.

Now when I feel a little stressed, I typically journal about it and maybe eat some ice cream, but then that’s it. Once I get it out of my mind and onto a piece of paper, I feel better.

Let me know how you handle stress!

Talk soon, xoxo.