*Please note that this is a Guest Post provided to me via Joshna Joe. Let’s face it, commuting is stressful. Driving long distance, getting stuck up in the traffic, car breakdown, reporting late for work – everything is stressful. In turn that makes our day least enjoyable. Commuting is an unpleasant experience for many. It causes…
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Magazines Stress Me; Music Soothes Me
This morning I was in at Dyn-O-Mite Auto Detailing getting some much-needed work done on the body and interior of my Hyundai Accent. The owner of Dyn-O-Mite, Brian Edwards, was very cheerful and happily gave me an overview of everything that he was doing. During my time spent sitting in the waiting room, however, I…
The Terrors of a Long Commute
We all know people who have to commute long distances to get to a job. Living in one city and working in another, with perhaps a one-hour car ride between both, may seem reasonable at first. But the true health and financial cost of commuting over one’s lifetime will quickly wear away at any benefit…
A Daily Indulgence
It’s 2:37pm on the day before my thesis defence. I’m nervous, excited, and altogether anxious to get through the proceeding 24 hours. A two-year process full of work, stress, new insights, and rapid learning experiences is about to (symbolically) come to an end. I hesitated to talk about my thesis defence publicly, on a blog…
Urgent Desires
So the stress-filled, hazy dream of early September is over – my frantic scramble to find a way of shaking up the status quo, my critique of the university system, and my need to overcome a sense of emasculation after the PARE test. I admit that, since I took the PARE test and subsequently failed…
Mind + Body as Stress Relief Technique
Some days, between stressful thoughts and tense, clenched hands, I can barely think for the anxiety pulsing through my being. It’s harder for me to breathe, I’m more irritable and prone to yelling, and my thoughts run tirelessly around and around a giant track of tasks. Often, I’ll find myself staring at a list of…
Maria Legault 