I can’t tell you how many times I have this conversation with people.
“So, what do you do?”
“I’m president of Echelon Press.”
“What’s that?”
“The greatest indy publisher in the business” ::smile::
“Wow, what do you publish?”
“We do mostly fiction, but are always on the lookout for great non-fiction.”
“You mean like James Patterson?”
“Actually, I think our stuff is better.” ::smile::
“Well, that must be so exciting to get to work with all those writers in New York.”
“Well, I have Tom Schreck in NY and he is pretty awesome. But our writers are all over the world.”
“Really, like where?”
“Israel, New Zealand, California.” ::smile::
“So you get to travel all over the world and everything. Flying first class must be awesome.”
“Yea, it must be.” ::snort::
And on it continues until my eyes glaze over and my tongue starts to sweat.
What’s my point? I went to the Doctor yesterday (actually my Nutritionist) and it seems I am riddled with stress. Now, where the hell is the glamour in that? I’m supposed to be flying First Class, the rest of world says so. I am a publisher for Pete’s sake.
I have actually had some variety of that conversation several times over the last month or so, even during my trip to Pakistan. Back to my stress. J (we’ll call her that to save her privacy) says that I need to find ways to relieve stress. Huh, ya think?
I am currently working on royalties, editing several short stories, rebuilding my ISBN database that got corrupted during last weekends computer stupidity (its, not mine) and trying to market a number of books.
What I want to know is what the heck I am supposed to do to relieve stress. I am sure that others suffer from this horrible thing, as well as me…or it it I? Anyways, I’d LOVE for you to share some of the things you do to relieve stress.
And let’s be clear, if anyone says “walk” I will hunt you down and make you suffer. Walking does not soothe me…it gives me time to think, and then I get wound up about all the things I should be doing instead of walking and then I feel guilty, and then I eat. Eating is great, but not stress eating, so I am looking for anything but walking. And for those of you tracking my health, I do wlk because I have to for my health, but not as a form of stress relief.
So come on people, give me some of your best ideas for relieving stress. I REALLY need them.
Journey of the Heart 