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If you have a job, chances are that you experience workplace stress.  This stress can impact your performance at work and have other negative health consequences as well.  But, there are many ways that you can relieve stress at work, and we have a list of them right here for you.

1. Stress Balls – Stress balls are just simply malleable balls that you can use to “squeeze” the stress and frustration out of you.  They are rather inexpensive, and unobtrusive, so they can be used in pretty much any work setting.
2. Take a Walk – Taking a walk outside of your workplace can do wonders for your stress levels.  It can get you outside, and it helps take your mind off of the stress-causing environment of your workplace.  The best part is that it is free.
3. Relaxing Music – Relaxing music can definitely help relieve tension and stress created in the workplace.  It lets your body relax and allows the stress to slip away.  But, you need to make sure that the music that you are listening to will not affect your daily duties as well as ensure that it is allowed in your workplace.
4. Games – Games are a great way to relieve stress.  A good example would be to play a game after you get a sale or lead as a telemarketer.  This can also apply to many other sales related jobs where you can be rewarded by your performance.
5. Drink a Cup of Tea – There are many teas on the market that are designed to help you relieve stress.  Not only are they good for you, but in most cases, there should be no issue with you having the tea at work.  Even if it isn’t stress relieving, even your favorite drink (non-alcoholic of course) can help you to relax.

Though the list is far from complete, it should give you a starting point for ideas that you can use at work to help you relieve stress.  Just remember that you can leave work behind at the end of the day, and that there are ways you can find to relieve stress while you are there.

Feel free to add any other stress relieving tips below in the comments – I think we could all benefit from the contributions that you make.

Though stress comes in many shapes and forms, the majority of us get stressed out by the following three different causes of stress.

Workplace Stress

One of the leading causes of stress can be found at the workplace.  Considering that we spend a large amount of our lives working, this really comes as no surprise.

Depending on the type of work that you do and the environment that you work in, you may experience various severities of stress.  Stress from work can be both harmful physically and emotionally and in most cases is due to the work environment and situations that are not under your control.

Some of the simple things that you can do to relieve stress at work include taking time out of your day to stretch, laugh and take breaks outside of the office.  It is also important that you have some time off, so working overtime all the time is not advisable.

Relationships

Relationships can cause stress depending on how the relationship is.  While a healthy relationship can be beneficial for stress reduction, if there is tension in the relationship, then stress typically increases.

Some simple ways to reduce relationship based stress is to make time for personal relationships, and listen first instead of just reacting.  Often by taking some time before committing to a reaction can help the relationship and help keep stress to a minimum as well.

Lifestyle Choices

Unhealthy lifestyle choices are also a major cause of stress.  Due to our increasingly busy lives, sometimes choices are made that are not health for us such as neglecting exercise, eating well, or getting enough sleep.  These choices can increase the stress in our lives very easily.

But with healthier choices, and slight changes to lifestyle choices (such as getting more sleep), usually stress due to lifestyle choices can be decreased.

Irrespective of what the sources of stress are in your life, you need to acknowledge what they are, take control of them, and relieve your stress by living a more relaxed life.