How do you deal with job stress?

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1. I don’t. What happens at work stays at work.

2. I kind of stopped giving a fuck about work. Don’t get me wrong, I work hard and any job I do, I do it to the best of my abilities; I am a good, hard worker. But You can’t force me to be passionate about work if I’m just not and I won’t stress over things that aren’t my fault. Even things that are my fault I am likely to just go “Yeah, that was my fault, sorry.” and move on.

3. Find a hobby that unwinds you. I got into collecting and listening to vinyl, and going to tiki bars. You just have to find that thing that makes you super happy and just vibe with it.

4. The shooting range is pretty nice.

5. I became a calmer person who doesn’t prioritize work

6. Gonna be getting an electronic drum kit here shortly. Also weed, a lot of weed.

7. I kind of remember “this is not my business” that really helped. I had to remember I am a cog in the system and if I died today my job would be offered moments after the funeral ( maybe). So my focus has been my part and nothing more. If the last two years taught no one anything else, these people do not care and they will decide to save themselves and let the ship take on water with everyone in it.

8. Well, the Dr says I have ghosts in my blood. So, I do cocaine about it.

9. Job stress stays on the job.

   It’s something my wife can’t understand but I work in a large factory running a machine. I do the same monotonous tasks all day long for 12 hours a day. My biggest stress is management and my coworkers, not my actual job, so it’s easy to leave that stress on the job because I don’t see any of those guys when I leave.

10. I destroyed everything on day one. I flooded the bathroom. Accidentally shot a coworker with a faulty blank. I ran the forklift into the warehouse shelves and they all collapsed. I accidentally started a microwave fire in the breakroom. I did this at 4 jobs- job #4 didn’t fire me. Its all downhill from here.

11. I did my best to not take work stuff back home. Never talked about work besides with my coworkers on our lunchbreak shooting the shit.

    Now i work at a more chill shop where the boss knows we’re important and it’s much less stressful than the first place i worked at.

12. Go to take a shit even when I don’t have to. Just a minute to breath and collect myself.