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Rest, Relaxation and SleepUp to now we have looked at ways of managing specific, short-term stresses. Within Mind Tools' Stress Management Masterclass, we also look at long-term stress. A key facet of this is the way that people can sustain intense levels of stress for a while, but then burn out. We will look at burnout in more detail in the next article. It is something that typically affects people who are highly committed to the work they do, probably much like you. When these people are faced by a stressful situation, more-often-than-not they respond with complete commitment, by working intensely hard at resolving it. To do this, they will work all hours, cancel vacations and cut back on sleep, all to make more time to tackle the problem. If this is short-lived, then negative effects will be minimal and success will often be spectacular. If this hard work is sustained for a long time without relief, these people increasingly risk burnout. We rest and sleep because we need to. Rest and RelaxationRest is what we do to let ...(Sign in to read more.) Full text of this article is available to members of the Mind Tools Career Excellence Club. If you're a member, please click here for full text, or sign in below.This article is an excerpt from “Managing Stress for Career Success”, the Mind Tools Stress Management Masterclass. It is just one example of the things that you can do to reduce stress in your life, explained in the ‘Buffers Against Stress’ module of the course. Other tools in this module discuss the importance of social support networks and of a balanced lifestyle. As well as this, the ‘Managing Environmental Stress’ module helps you control the background environmental stresses that raise our overall stress levels. Small changes to our environment can often significantly reduce the stress we experience and improve our quality of life.
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