Is Work De-Constructing Your Brain?

Once upon a time work was a 9 to 5 proposition with a paid lunch break in the middle and a few 15 minute breaks at the coffee machine or the water fountain. Then the number crunchers decided that more profit was needed.  The work day was expanded from 8 to 5 with an unpaid lunch break in the middle.   “Not enough money!” shouted the executive VPs as they collected their bonuses.  “Lay some of the indians off!”

And so it came to pass that the average Joe (sephine) found him/her self doing the work of four people.  Then five.

But the brain needs rest to regenerate and function properly.  And neurotransmitters are blocked by hormones released under stress.  (Most infamous: cortisol, the stress induced hormone that also effects weight gain!)  The cycle of stress induced hormones block brain transmissions, cause memory loss and inability to retain information.  What’s a poor, un-bonused, multi-tasking, sandwich generation, middle aged worker to do??

Kick off the stress with some humor!  Read the funny stories of others and submit your own story here!