Wishing you all beauties a restful weekend alongside your loved 🥰 ones. Thanks to the weekend we can all enjoy a day or two to rest and energize.

And thanks to dear @marivic10 for this amazing question that will help relieve some emotions towards work related stress experiences as I chose to share on the first question:

1️⃣ How do you handle your stress? Do you deal with it well, or at some points , has it generated some health discomfort or problems within the family? Would you prefer to do your office work from home?

Although times has really changed lots of things but despite the computer 💻 era, days of the intranet boom and the classy 21st century we are all enjoying, there are still some jobs or work we can not carry out from home such as the banking system where customers still needs face to face attention to settle issues. That of the policing 👮‍♂️that must be on the road 2/4/7 for security purposes and the Realtor job that deals with property lease, rent and sells as the need arises which is my kind of job. Some parts of these work can be carried out on the computer which is the administrative areas, but most are in the offices and on the fields because customers and clients are involved.

The stress as a working mother during my early years as a 8:00am to 5:00pm employee was not a good experience. Although it was an amazing and enjoyable job during my spinsterhood but immediately I got married and had my first daughter, things started being so stressful. I will woke up earlier than need be to attend to my baby before getting myself ready. And not wanting to stay home as a full time house wife I tried to put in my best to juggle the job and care for my baby girl. And as time went by, I was forced to choose either the job or my baby which made me to resign from the job because the stress stated to affect my health and that of my baby due to not having proper rest and worries of the Day Care Place I usually leave my daughter that I do not trust for proper caring.

Then I made a decision to stay off work to have my children and take care of them with the help of my beloved mother for about 4 to 5 years, being there for my girls and the family, although I was carrying out some side businesses to enables me keep awareness. This indeed was the best decision I have ever made in my life because I saw 👀 the need to create quality time for my family believing there is time for everything . Family comes first here then.

And as the years went by, my girls started schools, this time grown at the age where I could not nurse any fear of infection or bacterial contacts as they are attending properly classes. This is when I started considering going back to work with the help of my mother by my side.

My present job as a Realtor is a job I love because even though it involves stress, I device and manage the stress in a way it will not affect my health especially. Its s job I don’t need to leave home so early since its on the field. I deal with clients mostly online when it comes schedules, appointments and sending of property photos but physical Inspection is what requires face to face visits, checks and sometimes can take hours of drive especially on a bad traffic day. These are the kinds of stress one can not avoid. But some weeks may flow well that in a twinkle it has passed without knowing it. Clients can bring unavoidable stress by disappointing to show up at the inspection site after schedules due to emergencies and unforeseen circumstances sometimes too . This can generally bring tension on how to rescheduling. But I most times prepare myself for the unexpected which is a very healthy way to manage stress.

However my girls are grown and in college which make things easier since they come back for weekends once in a month. I would have love ❤️ to work from home full time but not just at this time. Realtors job is this kind of job that makes one stay on the field especially that of hunting for properties according to clients desire. Its a job that creates awareness on how appreciative properties are worth at a giving time too, which is another interesting part of this job, keeping one connecting with the outside environment which also gives one the ability to stay active and healthy.

In conclusion, work related stress comes in several ways and it is what we can face as humans because activities and events generally brings stress. Many of us too who are still in their prime age tends to take up more jobs to make ends meet, which in most cases results to lots of stress. Its left for us to device the best method of dealing and saving ourselves from dangers unattended stress can cause. And we should also pay attention to ourselves to know when our body is asking for help. Even those that work from home can as well face stress of power failure, pollution from constant generator usage and many others.

Thank you ladies for reading. Sending love 💕 and hugs 🤗. Cheers 🥂 to the weekend.

All photos are mine.