{"id":18,"date":"2026-05-28T19:04:05","date_gmt":"2026-05-28T19:04:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/hrmanagementleno\/?p=18"},"modified":"2026-05-28T19:04:05","modified_gmt":"2026-05-28T19:04:05","slug":"life-stress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/hrmanagementleno\/2026\/05\/28\/life-stress\/","title":{"rendered":"Life Stress"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Taking the Life Stress Questionnaire I scored a 215 which would put me in the one third of all people will experience an illness or accident and higher than normal. Through the How Stressed Are You survey I scored a 74\/100 which equated to a very stressed characteristic and above average. Lastly, the Type A survey showed that I am Type A and received a score of 85\/100 which is nearing the edge of Very Type A.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Based on these results, I&#8217;m not very surprised. I feel as though I know I live a very high stress, intense, and ambitious lifestyle. I have two kids, work full-time, finishing my bachelors degree because I want to, not because I need to, while still pursuing business in my real estate profession on the side. Balancing my daily life takes a lot of problem solving, facing new challenges, and leaving little room for procrastination. I find myself always looking for the next thing I can be working towards, and can tend to be impatient or wishing I was further along. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One of the largest things I noticed in these results is something that I&#8217;m aware of already but serves as a good reminder is that I need to find ways to be less &#8220;high strung&#8221;. Through these questions I was reminded that I am typically not calm. I am typically stressed, high strung, easily irritable or annoyed, and can lose my patience because I&#8217;m always working through multiple problems in my head or feel I have a large amount of responsibility to uphold. Through this survey I&#8217;ve found that taking time to myself, working out, taking deep breaths, positive self talk and walking are all easy things I can do to try and better my situation of being stressed out. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In my career my type A tendencies serve me well as I can be valued as a problem solver and someone who doesn&#8217;t procrastinate. However, my tendency to become impatient and feel as though I can do something better than others can get in the way of my working relationships. Moving forward I found that I can &#8220;sign a contract with myself&#8221; in order to address the things that I want to work on and ensure I am taking the steps to do so. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Many organizations are offering trainings to employees on ways to navigate stress and anxiety. Through my own organization I&#8217;ve taken several classes that discuss the consequences of not dealing with stress in a healthy way, and ways that you can mitigate stress when it comes around. These have been very essential for the health of the organization, and provide a great benefit to employees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Taking the Life Stress Questionnaire I scored a 215 which would put me in the one third of all people will experience an illness or accident and higher than normal. Through the How Stressed Are You survey I scored a 74\/100 which equated to a very stressed characteristic and above average. 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