Geeze, Murray, back up to a mirror, why dontcha? There's stress and then there's stress. But an awful lot of stress can be relieved simply by facing up to things, and realizing one will do what one can and the simple fact that one will never do more than that no matter who hollers blue weasles. You do what you can, each time. That might include looking for additional help or something to make the workload run more easily, but the rest is triage. Triage may not be the most fun in the world but once done, it's done.

I've put up with an awful lot of stress since I took my current job. This week, as a result of an unexpected attack of P-neumonia, I'm saying screw it, working from home to whatever degree I can and letting the rest go hang. Fortunately, my boss understands all this.

It does not in fact seem to be having any terrible effects on the job, the company or the project. So maybe there's a wind machine back there somewhere. It seems to me a significant percentage of stress is arbitrary and can be safely looked at squarely and dropped like old rocks. Maybe choosing the right per cent is the hard part! :>)

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