Everyone has their own way of dealing with stress. This week is about raising awareness for stress prevention and showing stress is something everyone feels. The theme this year is Working together to Build Resilience and Reduce stress. Often, dealing with stress is never easy and it can lead to burnout, we’re going to share some tips on how to deal with stress in the workplace.

Although your stress may not be work-related, it is still important you make your manager/employer aware of how you are feeling. They may be able to relieve your work amount, reduce your task list, extend deadlines, or offer to speak about why you are feeling stressed and see if they can help in anyway. Work-related stress can usually be relieved if you speak to someone. The earlier the issue is addressed, the less impact it will have on your physical and mental health.

It is crucial to keep good time management to help reduce stress. With many different projects on the go, work can often get overwhelming and build up stress, a great way to avoid this is by managing your time and allowing yourself a set amount of time for each project a day. If you feel like you have accepted too much work onto your plate, then relay that to your manager and ask for additional support in the areas you feel like you need it. Multitasking is beginning to become a thing of the past, where quality is more important than quantity, reports have shown it is better to only focus on one thing at a time to maximise your potential.

Awarding yourself for the small wins may not seem like a big deal, but they all contribute to the bigger picture. Everything you work on is a process to something bigger, the small wins make the big wins happen and it is important for you to recognise this as it can help you feel like your project is moving in the right direction.

Needing to take time for yourself is something that should be more normalised. The pressure of work and life can be tricky to balance, everyone needs some downtime. Burnout Is a horrible feeling, especially when it is about something you love and enjoy doing. Although using your holiday may not seem like an option when you are feeling overwhelmed at work, it could help you recharge and come back to your projects with a clear head.

If this feeling happens too often, but you know you are an organised person, it may be time to create a plan or change your organisation strategy. Although the way you organise your work and day may have worked in the past, it is possible it is no longer working. This could be for a number of reasons, your position may have changed, your workload has grown, you have bought on a stressful client etc. If you are unsure how to change your strategy, as your colleagues for their advice.