Gail Sheehy Quotes

Letting yourself off the hook takes the stress away.

In America, we hurry-which is well; but when the day's work is done, we go on thinking of losses and gains, we plan for the morrow, we even carry our business cares to bed with us...we burn up our energies with these excitements, and either die early or drop into a lean and mean old age at a time of life which they call a man's prime in Europe...What a robust people, what a nation of thinkers we might be, if we would only lay ourselves on the shelf occasionally and renew our edges!

I want to be relaxed in my personal life. I really don't like to be hassled.

Stress is an important dragon to slay - or at least tame - in your life.

I think you have to make time for yourself so that work doesn't become the end-all be-all.

It's very challenging to get the right balance between relaxing and working.

I used to take life so seriously; I got so stressed.

My girlfriend has to beat me up to get me to relax because I work all the time.

I've learned to put a big value on having a life outside of fashion, and I think that's what's saved me, because the fashion industry can suck you in.

If I cannot rest and relax, all the work I do is for naught.

Such a person needs meditation more than anyone else because they are headed for a crisis. If stress and anxiety are so great that you can't even imagine a calm clear mind, that indicates you are reaching your coping limits, and need to begin something like meditation just for the stress reduction benefits.

I’ve really turned a corner recently in terms of not taking work too seriously, so it is much easier for me to not take my work home.

I don't need to push myself. I don't need to sharpen my own knife and slit my throat. I'm trying to chill it and find an equilibrium and a balance to my work.

We humans have lost the wisdom of genuinely resting and relaxing. We worry too much. We don't allow our bodies to heal, and we don't allow our minds and hearts to heal.

When there is no job related stress, you are more aware of your mate and children, if you are a parent.

I've learned to relax more. Everybody feels pressure in what they do, maybe mine is just a little different because there doesn't seem to be enough hours in the day to accomplish what I want to.

Keep going on hikes, keep having your friends in your life, keep that downtime sacred as well because as hard as you work in any job, it's really nice to have the relaxing de-stressors. Stress is the worst thing. That's the ultimate demise of any good thing.

I am on sabbatical as of right now, been too busy to think of about my OWN needs as of late.

Man should not try to avoid stress any more than he would shun food, love or exercise.

My husband is always telling me I need to do less, do less, do less. But I feel like if I'm not being productive, I have a hard time relaxing and enjoying myself.

Even nice things don't make you happy when you're tired.

My personal life, my normal life, is so important to me. To be able to go back to my personal life and leave characters behind is important; I don't keep them with me.

I think I'd have done better if I had been a little more relaxed-if I had not pressed quite so hard, if I'd not lost quite so much sleep.

I still find it almost impossible to relax for more than one day at a time.

Reduce the stress levels in your life through relaxation techniques like meditation, deep breathing, and exercise. You'll look and feel way better for it.