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| | | | Thomas Pfann 
Reino Unido
Local time: 22:50
Membro (2006)
inglês para alemão
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| Walk/sleep to recover | Mar 16, 2017 |
That's quite a long list of possible replies but I think the most important option is missing: I don't. I would expect that most people don't deal/don't know how to deal with work-related stress.
Luckily, I don't get stressed easily but when I do, I probably muddle through and once it's over I recover by going for a walk or having a nap.
By the way, I quite like the option "A combination of these" which I take to mean "Whatever. Next question, please".
| | | | | A combination | Mar 16, 2017 |
Walking, reading, eating(!), gardening, online shopping(!), online games., TV
I prefer short interruptions.
I also have a chi-machine, which relaxes me completely. I've used it regularly for over 20 years.
| | | | Ricki Farn
Alemanha
Local time: 23:50
inglês para alemão
| Gardening, and walking around talking to the squirrels | Mar 16, 2017 |
... but only because a certain someone quit drug dealing when his translation business picked up
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| Reading and Other | Mar 16, 2017 |
Reading is my favorite non-work and non-family related activity. Other: a glass of red wine.
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Over the years, I’ve learned to say no (and be very picky with what I accept) and to be very organized (work-wise), as a result I don’t get stressed very easily. Keep calm is my motto. As Don Quixote said: “There is a remedy for everything but death”...
| | | | | A combination of several options | Mar 16, 2017 |
And I have become better to say no, especially to clients with ridiculously long payment terms and/or extensive instruction materials.
| | | | Christine Andersen
Dinamarca
Local time: 23:50
Membro (2003)
dinamarquês para inglês
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Cut the problem down to size and deal with it.
It is not always easy, but it is basically simple. I ask myself what I am getting so worked up about. Then, if possible, I shift the problem at least partly to the client, or the Trados hotline, or someone else who can help.
I learned in an earlier job to shut out issues I can't do anything about, like jobs I have to turn down because I don't have time...
Can't meet the deadline - write a mail to the client AT ONCE an... See more Cut the problem down to size and deal with it.
It is not always easy, but it is basically simple. I ask myself what I am getting so worked up about. Then, if possible, I shift the problem at least partly to the client, or the Trados hotline, or someone else who can help.
I learned in an earlier job to shut out issues I can't do anything about, like jobs I have to turn down because I don't have time...
Can't meet the deadline - write a mail to the client AT ONCE and explain why, suggesting when I can deliver and a solution if possible.
Etc.
Family and friends on the phone ... This is difficult, but if it is not an emergency, I say firmly 'I have a deadline, so can I call you back?' And then put down the receiver.
I say the Serenity Prayer:
God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change,
Courage to change the things I can,
And wisdom to know the difference.
Then I make a cup of coffee and get to work. (Or else I take my migraine medication and go to bed!) ▲ Collapse
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Julian Holmes
Japão
Local time: 06:50
Membro (2011)
japonês para inglês
Why isn't "Sex, drugs 'n rock 'n roll" one of the opiates, woops, options?
| | | | Nadja Balogh
Alemanha
Local time: 23:50
Membro (2007)
japonês para alemão
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| A combination - except for writing | Mar 16, 2017 |
I found that translating has seriously decreased my desire to write - it's a combination of not wanting to be in front of the PC even longer and my brain refusing to deal with any more words than it already does. I barely managed to write this comment
| | | | Linda Ildevert (X)
Reino Unido
Local time: 22:50
francês para inglês
| I don't, my dog does! | Mar 16, 2017 |
A long walk in the fresh air with the dog does wonders to relieve stress!
| | | | Michael Harris
Alemanha
Local time: 23:50
Membro (2006)
alemão para inglês
is bad time management. If I have a lot to do then I work on it until it is finished. I do sport everyday, but that is because I want to get fit and lose weight.
On top of that, I have children and they cause more stress than my work.
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| A combination | Mar 16, 2017 |
Riding my horse, cooking...been meaning to do yoga again and read a book, if there were just more hours in a day...
[Edited at 2017-03-16 13:07 GMT]
| | | | Sofia Gutkin
Austrália
Local time: 07:50
Membro (2012)
russo para inglês
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| Something that's not on the list... | Mar 16, 2017 |
I rant. I tell my boyfriend all about it (then I complain that he doesn't listen to me once he becomes glassy-eyed) or I tell my mother when she calls me. Sharing is caring... right?
| | | | | A combination... and especially dancing! | Mar 16, 2017 |
Dancing is my fuel (and the 3 PM coffee, of course).
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