WC: Best of Advice I'll Always Remember.

 

I've been given lots of advice over the years. 

Don't go to bed angry. 

Don't take any plug nickels.

As a teacher I was advised not to smile before Christmas, and to always under react.

This book isn't exactly full of advice but explains the need to control stress levels and how to live a more productive life. 

Hart starts by talking about how good stress (Eustress) and bad stress (Distress) act the same way on the body.

It puts the body into fight or flight mode which is great for snap decisions, but leaves careful thought behind.

When you're stressed you're always in panic mode. You have to destress to think creatively.

I understood when writing my first book why I couldn't write during the school year. I was so stressed from teaching that I couldn't create. I edited what I wrote over the summer when I was destressed and could create. It took me ten years to finish the book this way, but I was frustrated trying to write when I was too stressed for creative thought.

I learned to handle stress by finding ways to relax and calm down, I had fewer sleepless nights trying to figure out how to reach certain students and a difficult class, which gave me better ideas instead of just brooding.

Since I've retired and shed the stress of the workplace, I've written seven books and numerous short stories in ten years.