What’s a little stress?

It’s a fact of life, things are stressful these days. Between kids, Ben’s job search, struggling every month to keep the bills paid…life is stressful. Even work has been stressful the last few months. After months of it being quite slow, things have suddenly taken off. The phone rings constantly, the fax machine is always squealing. We’re so busy, we had to hire an assistant to help me. Yes, it’s good that we’re busy, but it’s horribly stressful. There are days when I go home and just collapse.

So, how to handle all this stress? Calgon, take me away?! :) Yes, that helps, but it’s not something I can do at work to unwind. So, I got to thinking (ut oh). And did some googling. One of the things recommended online is stress relief toys. Toys, for a grown woman? Well, why not?

So, I started to look. There’s little foam balls you can squeeze…well, ok. But I was looking for something a bit more unusual, more distracting than simply a ball to squeeze. In my search, I found something called buckyballs. They’re little magnetic balls, and you can make various shapes out of them. Now, that is distracting! Something to take my mind off things during my breaks and lunch (the one time I’m allowed to ignore that ringing phone!). Plus, they’re small, and stored in a nice neat box, something important in my office, as it’s already cluttered enough with all the paper I generate all day. So, maybe I’ll give them a try. I think it’d be a bit easier to do than taking a bath at work!