How do you Cope with IM Stress Daily ?

Usually go to the shopping centre and grab a coffee and cake, and of course a paper!!!

Apart from fantasizing about throwing my PC, etc through the nearest window, that usually does the trick!

Shane :p

Regular breaks are very necessary for your health.

- You should get up from your PC every hour or two and stretch -
- Look out the window to focus your eyes on something far away
- Be sure you are sitting up straight and your monitor is at eye level (not higher or lower)
- Be sure your arms are flat on the desk to use your mouse or keyboard - not higher or lower
- A large book under your feet (as a footstool) helps release the pressure of sitting from your lower back
- 'Cat naps' (just a few minutes with eyes closed) have proven to make people more efficient and accurate

This will help with the stress on your eyes and body.

On Sundays I am off - I try not to even look at my computers. Lately I have been walking for about an hour and a half over the bridge near here - No matter how depressed or tired I am, I feel much better after walking 4 miles or so.

During the week I have some exercises I do at home and really just anything that is not the computer (even housework and errands ) helps to calm me down and relax me. Reminds me I am not a Bot.

It is no joke -overwork and stress can be killers - so we need to pay attention to our health.

i drink alone

I think if ways that would divert my attention. Usually I'd go out and eat with close friends. I'd also go and sing along at videoke houses. Sometimes, I just sleep all the stresses out.

Go visit someone who doesnt have internet access for a day or two, or take a road trip for a day and get totally off the grid. I tend to work 16-17 hours at a time when Im in work groove, and in order to stop, when Im in that momentum, I have to position myself to be totally cut off, and yes its good for you.

Also, playing guitar is good for me.