We have a problem with stress in this country. You’ve seen it. On the highway, chances are that one of the cars around you is piloted by someone trying to get to their destination 5 minutes ago. We stress out about work, money, school, our family, our significant others, any literally anything else we can think of. You know someone that is always freaking out (or maybe it’s you?).
Stress is a natural thing, it’s the kind of stress we get nowadays that’s the problem. We get low level constant stressors, and it’s absolutely killing us. Mark’s Daily Apple goes over the kinds of stressors and their effects in detail, but the bottom line is to reduce constant daily stress as much as possible, and save your stress for high level momentary events that drive positive adaptation (a fancy way to say intense workout).
