Pathways Issue 1- August 2019

F R O M S U N H I ' S D E S K
Healthy Work
Environment & Stress
B Y S U N H I P A R K
Have you ever thought about what makes a good and
healthy work environment? What kind of factors are most
important for you to enjoy your job? If you ask these
questions to your peers you will probably get different
answers but what would you respond to these questions?
Or, are we just thinking in "salary"? Of course, we all want to
get paid but what are you making different to get paid AND
to enjoy your job?
You will probably be asking, how can I be positive if I have a
lot of things to do and I'm feeling stressed? Do you really
know what the stress is? The stress is your body's way of
responding to any kind of demand, this can be caused by
both, good and bad experiences. Stress if the body's
reaction to harmful situations, whether they are real or
perceived. The stress is not always unhealthy as long as you
identify what level of stress you have.
Even if you are feeling well, it's normal to experience brief
periods of stress. If you are experiencing short periods of
stress it is an appropriate reaction that help us to overcome
strain. Long periods of stress can trigger a lot of physical
and psychological symptoms that may have a negative
impact on your daily routine.
If your stress is not reduced and you are experiencing it for
long periods of time, then it will have more serious
consequences.
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