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Stress at Work

I’m now looking at the [mountains, ocean, bazaar, Capitol,
park].
I’m [walking along the beach, walking in the park, looking
at the Golden Gate Bridge, looking at the Washington
Monument].

I’ll soon be saying, “Thank you all for your enthusiastic
response to my presentation.”

I just have to look at the park outside for a few more minutes
before facing that report.

Culture Hint: America is a solution-oriented and goal-oriented
society, and a certain amount of stress or tension forces us to solve
problems and make decisions. It is difficult to make across-the-
board life changes all at once. Therefore, prioritizing and look-
ing at one aspect of the stress issue, making changes there, and
congratulating yourself for that progress before moving to the next
area of change, is a low-stress way to handle change.

Idioms and Other Vocabulary

Across-the-board: affecting everything
Alleviate: ease
Carb: short for carbohydrate
Clear my head: be able to think clearly, remove other than
relevant thoughts from my head
Junk foods: foods with fat and/or sugar but no healthful
nutritional value
Pass on: say no to

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