mousme: A view of a woman's legs from behind, wearing knee-high rainbow socks. The rest of the picture is black and white. (Can't Cope)
mousme ([personal profile] mousme) wrote2012-03-18 08:09 pm

Not one of those people

There are days when I really wish I was one of Those Peopleā„¢.

You know the ones, those who find stress motivating. When they have something stressful they clean their house from top to bottom. They go to the gym and run on the treadmill to blow off steam. They compulsively organise their paperwork. They only eat healthy foods because they're too stressed to manage anything heavier.

I'd love to be one of those people, but I'm not. Add stress and all you get is me doing the metaphorical equivalent of curling up in a ball in the furthest, darkest corner of my house and Not Dealingā„¢. I procrastinate, let things get out of hand, eat the wrong foods, and generally do things that only add to the stress, and thus it becomes a vicious cycle.

What I want to know, therefore, is how the hell to become one of those people. Is it even possible? Are there classes I can take? A pill that will do that? ;)

[identity profile] heartofawarrior.livejournal.com 2012-03-20 07:14 am (UTC)(link)
I just got through an entire quarter by bribing myself with cups of tea (and occasionally chocolate, if I had any to hand) to get my assignments done. It's not the GREATEST strategy, but it worked, and if next quarter is anything like this one, I'll be doing it again. Reading also makes an excellent reward - be it fic, or stuff with actual literary merit (occasional overlap, there). Unpleasant stuff like cleaning is made more tolerable when it's accompanied by something shiny on TV (activity permitting), or by music. I just need to not bash myself on the footboard of the bed anymore while dancing around Mrs. Doubtfire-style with the vacuum in here...