Melva Gifford

A couple of weeks ago I attended an online web-seminar about burn out. I took some notes and thought I’d share them. This is the next segment on the topic. This is the last entry from my notes.                                                                                                                  

–        Limit your alcohol and smoking even electronic cigarette

–        Napping can be useful. Only 20-30 min. longer time will interrupt your normal sleep pater

–        20-30 min. exercise

–        Keep a regular bed time even weekends

–        Don’t eat soon before bed 3-4 hours before bed time to help avoid acid reflex

–        If you have gird or acid reflex, sleep on the left side.

–        Avoid stressful situations before bed.

–        May need to replace your mattress every 10 years

–        Replace your pillows as they start absorbing stuff you’d rather not know about.

–        For bed sheets, higher thread count is better.

–        Have room temperature a little bit cool

–        Don’t have non-sleeping activity in your bedroom i.e.: TV

–        Maybe need soft/white noise

–        Maybe have some pretty music or pleasant sounds to listen too when sleeping

–        Maybe have a regular fan

–        Ear plugs for partners who snore

–        White noise machines is an option some sold by Mar back

–        Herbal teas

–        Listen to nooks on tape while getting ready to sleep

–        Crossword or knitting gives you mediation time.

–        Collect your mental pollution and imagine you roll into a ball and mentally throw it away

–        Mediation tapes

–        Seeking out humor and it builds endorphins. Laughter is calming

–        Avoid taking drugs

–        Sleep study may give you info if you have long term sleep issues but expensive

–        Imagine yourself doing something pleasant like working into a forest.

–        Put things in perspective. Doctor sees a good day if had one interesting patient a day.

–        Presentation on Risk/wellness page

–        Pursue DHA: dreams hopes and aspirations for career or personal life. What are those?

–        Think about how your company’s services or products help others.

–        avoid working/thinking of work even when away from work

–        Don’t have your cell phone by your bed. Depart from it.

–        Need to oil yourself like a car by taking care of yourself.

–        You need action plan to address burn out.

–        Burn out is different from depression

–        Keep yourself hydrated during intense activity and errands

–        Drink a lot of water

–        Look for things you enjoy and seek them out.

–        Find value in your tasks at work

I heard a delightful object lesson today while listening to a presentation at a job searching workshop. I thought I would share it in today’s teaching embellishments blog. Usually when we think of the concept of a cup of water being half-full or half-empty that concept is used to depict one’s attitude toward life. If the Is half empty, then people may interpret life negatively. For individuals who see the cup as half-full may, they may have a more optimistic point of view of life.

In today’s object lesson, the instructor made a comparison of the cup being full and concentrated on the weight of the cup. If someone was to hold the cup for 30 seconds, it is not very heavy; but, the longer they hold back cup, the more heavy, it becomes.

Holding the cup for a long time can be compared to long-term stress. It is usually easy to handle stress in the short term. It becomes more difficult. The longer we have to hold the cup or in this case, the stress. When we are concerned about a topic we experience less stress when we can put the event quickly behind us. But long-term stress would be compared to holding a cup for an hour or four hours. Where we experience extreme fatigue by having to combat a challenge in the long-term, then it is desirable for us to seek ways to combat long-term stress.

When I think of ways of how I can handle stress, this is a few examples that I’ve come up with.

1. Sometimes realizing that certain moments of stress can often be a temporary thing when viewed in the overall length of our lives. Being unemployed may only be for a couple of months versus my overall life plan of perhaps 90 years. An event that occupies a couple of months provides a high stress at the moment, but when viewed in the long-term effect, it may not have as much significance compared to maybe an illness that is permanent.
2. Sometimes when one must experience a steady stress, then it’s advisable to find avenues to release the stress. It is an opportunity to take a break from the constant trial than seek out those opportunities. This might be the time of where maybe a certain stress might be shared with family or friends, and thus lessen the pressure on just one individual.
3. Another option is to find sources the pleasure to help counterbalance the points of stress. If one cannot afford entertainments that usually require money, but you enjoy reading, then you might gain pleasure by going to the library and getting the books to read. Or to associate with friends and participate in activities that don’t require money.
4. Many people have found that serving others in a moment of the own stress sometimes widens their perspective of where they may find that their life is not as difficult as other people’s lives.
5. Sometimes the intensity of stress can be impacted by how we respond to that stress. Certain points of stress can often be preventable or lessened in intensity. An example of this might be an addiction to something such as smoking. Someone may combat their smoking habit by using nicotine patches to gradually wean them off the addiction of cigarettes.
6. Sometimes stress can be combated by a seeking out the advice of experienced individuals who have experienced a similar trial. Those individuals who have passed similar trials may have some advice on how to better combat your trials. This also includes seeking out God’s influence and inspiration to address trials.

These are just a few ideas on how to address stress. Go ahead and do a search on the Internet for more detailed examples of stress.

In past blogs, I have taken notes from lectures I’ve attended. I will provide some links of those blogs at the bottom of this page that can give additional recommendations on handling stress.

http://www.melvagifford.com/2013/07/16/influences-of-burnout-in-the-work-place/

http://www.melvagifford.com/2013/07/08/overcoming-burnout/

http://www.melvagifford.com/2013/07/23/suggested-daytime-habits-to-address-burnout/

http://www.melvagifford.com/2013/05/13/being-a-positive-person/

http://www.melvagifford.com/2013/02/25/eating-healthy/

http://www.melvagifford.com/2012/09/11/ways-to-relieve-stress-or-pressure/

http://www.melvagifford.com/2012/04/03/logistics-compensate-for-weaknesses-and-build-to-your-strengths-22812/

http://www.melvagifford.com/2013/05/11/finance-advice/

http://www.melvagifford.com/2013/03/23/a-little-humor/

http://www.melvagifford.com/2012/04/05/i-save-jokes-here-are-a-few-to-enjoy/

If you have found some techniques that have been useful to you in handling stress, please feel free to share your ideas in the comment section this blog. Thank you

I spent a couple of hours with a fellow CERT member on creating a poster for a fireside next Sunday. I thought we did some nice things to match the theme. Cert means Certified Emergency Response Team. The fireside next Sunday will present speakers who have been present at catastrophes and can give an idea of what to expect during an emergency.

I came up with the idea to have burn marks on the poster and she came up with the idea of Band-Aids to help with the poster that, in conjunction with actual pictures of damage to homes and land, the poster should help advertise to the importance of preparation for potential emergencies.

Rope is in Europe.

That has helped me spell this word more accurately.

A couple of weeks ago I attended an online web-seminar about burn out. I took some notes and thought I’d share them. This is the next segment on the topic. Burnout will occupy the next couple of weeks for Tasks Errands and projects oh my.

–        Burn out causes absences

–        Burn out influences productivity as some works cover for absent workers

–        Sarcasm can hurt peer relationships

–        How to combat

• You need basic self-care to keep yourself mentally and physically fit.
• Good eating/exercise
• Don’t’ slip breakfast
• 6-8 hours’ sleep, gives time for body to heal
• You need to train your body so that you sleep at a specific time of sleep
• Stop drinking water early evening so that it doesn’t’ wake you up and interfere with sleep
• Shift workers= need to create environment that can maintain sleep
• Paler of skin can be crated from less sleep
• Get enough sleep you can perform/concentrate better/think better
• Acknowledge to yourself when you do something well
• When we sleep we do consolidation.

I was recently reminded that many people use songs to teach information at schools. So I searched on Internet and found a number of songs that teach various concepts. Here are some of them for your reading, learning and listening pleasure:

Songs that teach the states:

http://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=songs+that+teach+hsitory&view=detail&mid=531A7FE9C58BAF304E4B531A7FE9C58BAF304E4B&first=101&FORM=NVPFVR

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I1vFDZvwpfU

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_HeLofy7IE&feature=

Teaching the planets:

http://havefunteaching.com/songs/science-songs/planets-song/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wd_EIdZrvaU

Songs to teach English:

http://www.ehow.com/how_8218687_use-songs-teaching-english.html

http://www.imdb.com/video/imdb/vi1761607705/

http://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=songs+that+teach+hsitory&view=detail&mid=A0BB85A24D40CFEF60CBA0BB85A24D40CFEF60CB&first=61&FORM=NVPFVR

Three branches of government:

http://www.imdb.com/video/imdb/vi1761607705/

political parties:

http://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=songs+that+teach+hsitory&view=detail&mid=F06A9659B2C94CB1082FF06A9659B2C94CB1082F&first=121&FORM=NVPFVR

Revolutionary Tea:

http://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=songs+that+teach+hsitory&view=detail&mid=FA7AED03E3F45C98106CFA7AED03E3F45C98106C&first=61&FORM=NVPFVR

When I First Came to This land:

http://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=songs+that+teach+hsitory&view=detail&mid=3CAC28EFAD77619B9A7D3CAC28EFAD77619B9A7D&first=61&FORM=NVPFVR

The saints:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJBtcgFl0EM

world history:

http://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=songs+that+teach+hsitory&view=detail&mid=E5D4211F1F984630E92BE5D4211F1F984630E92B&first=81&FORM=NVPFVR

http://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=songs+that+teach+hsitory&view=detail&mid=26748E312F492FBE45A826748E312F492FBE45A8&first=0&FORM=NVPFVR&qpvt=songs+that+teach+hsitory

french revolution:

http://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=songs+that+teach+hsitory&view=detail&mid=6B8F6A65131B79863A166B8F6A65131B79863A16&first=0&FORM=NVPFVR&qpvt=songs+that+teach+hsitory

44 Presidents:

http://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=songs+that+teach+hsitory&view=detail&mid=98BE0D9245A56A4BA3A598BE0D9245A56A4BA3A5&first=0&FORM=NVPFVR

black death:

http://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=songs+that+teach+hsitory&view=detail&mid=E4DE79D9CC40D0CB3532E4DE79D9CC40D0CB3532&first=0&FORM=NVPFVR

Texas History Facts for kids

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U6fN56M7vz4

Water conservatism for Texas:

http://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=songs+that+teach+hsitory&view=detail&mid=8912210D62573B8869AA8912210D62573B8869AA&first=0&FORM=NVPFVR

Five founding fathers:

http://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=songs+that+teach+hsitory&view=detail&mid=AE41EE8037A0EE14E327AE41EE8037A0EE14E327&first=0&FORM=NVPFVR

Great depression:

http://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=songs+that+teach+hsitory&view=detail&mid=10790053E337890BEE7710790053E337890BEE77&first=0&FORM=NVPFVR

African History before slavery:

http://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=songs+that+teach+hsitory&view=detail&mid=846436FFDA045B042680846436FFDA045B042680&first=21&FORM=NVPFVR

The Spanish Inquisition:

http://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=songs+that+teach+hsitory&view=detail&mid=BDF

My spelling the word wrong is: vegtable.

The correct spelling should be vegetable.

Memory device might be its always nice to get vegetables on the table. Make them one, as part of the meal. Thus Get and Table combined is Ve-GETables.

We’ll see if that helps me remember that little E in the middle of the word.

If you have a suggestion on this one, please feel free to share it.