How To Manage Stress With Self-Awareness by Trindade Hilton

Author:Trindade, Hilton [Trindade, Hilton]
Language: afr
Format: epub
Publisher: Hilton Trindade
Published: 2016-03-19T18:30:00+00:00

The Lack of Purpose or How A Pre-Determined Life Causes Stress

In our society, there are certain rules. Some of these rules were created to protect us from each other, such as the rules of law. Some rules are based on good manners and courtesy and they are passed down from family members or through other people in the community, but they are not necessarily enforced by law.

Some rules are just widely accepted beliefs about the best way to get ahead in life. If you follow these rules, do what you are told and do what everybody else is doing, the belief is that you will be fine. This is called the herd mentality. The need to belong to a group (in this case society) requires you to follow the crowd and conform to its rules.

It’s common for parents to push their children to follow the conventional and familiar career path – study, get a college degree, get a good job, get married, buy a nice house in the suburbs, have the 2.4 children, then work until retirement. Some people are quite happy to take this option – it’s safe and predictable – but not everybody wants to do this.

Those who are pressured into taking the regular and well-worn career path, despite wanting to do something completely different, will naturally be stressed during their whole working careers. Sometimes the desire to follow a different path will be so deeply hidden because it is in direct conflict with the desire to conform and “do the right thing”.

Very often people confuse their value as a human being with the value of their material goods. Advertising constantly bombards us with subtle and not so subtle messages that tell us we will be loved more, respected more and of course happier, if we buy this car or that perfume or if we drink this drink and wear those clothes. If you are not self-aware enough, you will soon start to think about buying that car, expecting it to magically bestow respect, happiness and status in your life. When none of this happens, the result is stress.

I am not saying that you should not pursue material goods that will support your life. Indeed you might need a better, faster computer (depending on your objective); you might need to upgrade your car; you might need to move to a bigger house in a better neighborhood; or you might need to buy new clothes. But most of the time, we purchase things without really thinking through the reasons why we need to buy them.

One of the best things to come out of this practice is the self-awareness which gives you the ability to question your habits and your choices.

Have you ever wanted to start your own business? If the herd mentality is alive and well, family, friends and colleagues might not be very supportive. They will point out all the pitfalls, say the economy is unstable or that there’s no security when people work for themselves. Entrepreneurship is

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