Living With Stress

[Neighbor]

1 minute ago, Neighbor said:

 

From USA's SS website "Why Did the Full Retirement Age Change?

Full retirement age, also called "normal retirement age," was 65 for many years. In 1983, Congress passed a law to gradually raise the age because people are living longer and are generally healthier in older age.

The law raised the full retirement age beginning with people born in 1938 or later. The retirement age gradually increases by a few months for every birth year, until it reaches 67 for people born in 1960 and later."

Personal note: I have had no less than six careers and finally retired at just  two months shy of my minimum goal of age 75.

Don't retire unless you become disabled, and even if you do  find a new easier career. At 80 I want back in the workforce or to start a new business.

Turns out the USA's SS retirement benefit is an excellent retirement benefit program! Least it has been for me. I think I received back more than I had ever paid in in total over the working years  after the first two years of benefits received. Plus each year that I continued to work  my benefits were recalculated increased in addition to the COLA benefit and a cash payout sent to me of a few thousand dollars each year.

There is a Santa Claus.

[SavedOnebyGrace]

6 hours ago, tim_from_pa said:

Even before retirement I studied the Word.  Now that I'm retired this can easily go into hyperwarp - I'm already close to half way through the Bible since July 29 and have to put brakes on. But what helps me is I can also listen to the Bible.  Blue letter Bible has all sorts of translations one can listen to on their computer, by earbuds from their phone or whatever.  In the latter days of my work that's how I got thru the Bible just about as fast by listening to it. I read through the Bible more times than I can count or remember.  My translation of choice is simply the KJV but I had read the Bible through with several other versions and in recent years I warmed up to the New KJV.  This replaces ancient idioms that are not familiar in today's language.  I went through the NKJV I think twice and then got my own back in autumn 2021 and it's wearing out already.  Oh well, I guess that's a good problem to have. LOL.

I read through the KJV when I first became a born-again Christian some forth plus years. I was helped by several commentaries while trying to make sense of the text. I quickly found the NASB and NIV better, more readable translations worthy of serious study. More modern translations like the CSB and ESV are also worthy of serious study.

[RdJ]

On 9/14/2023 at 7:19 AM, Michael37 said:

Self-exorcism, putting pentecostal preachers out of a job. 

I can't find em anymore here. I'm glad I can kick em out myself. If you go to a church you may be happy if they even pray for people. Also pentecostal churches. 

[RdJ]

I think a lot of stress comes from people doing way too much.

So many people have to have a big house, 2 jobs, cars. Pffff. A bike and an apt and a nice chill part time job are fine with me.

And also school. Such nonsense to study hard, get A's and do the most difficult school. I had to do that from my dad, cause he was a teacher. I put so much useless nonsense in my head. Such a pity. I told my kids to do the easier school and chill.

[other one]

For a period of time after my doctor switch my asthma prescription to Theophilem, I was only able to sleep for  an average of 2 to 3 hours a night....    Was kind of cool for a short while until the sleep deprivation set in and all of a sudden I could not handle any stressful thing....    It got to the point I was over reacting to everything and my wife got afraid to live with me.   She demanded I start counseling to figure out some way to deal with the world.

One thing I learned in the counseling was to do something each day.   I wrote down the things that happened that day.   Those things that went well I made a promise to keep doing.   Those things that didn't go well I was to divide into two groups....  Could I have done anything that would have made a difference....    if yes keep the note as a reminder to do those things when/if they come up again.   If No there was nothing I could do about it, I was to light them in a container and watch them burn to ashes.

It did help to get a grip on some things, but after about a year and a half the councilor saw me one morning when I had only slept an hour and he had inadvertently  hit on my actual problem.  Since he was not a doctor he could not write a prescription so he asked me to go see my doctor for the prescription....    when she heard I wasn't sleeping she asked me if I was taking the asthma medication and instructed me to stop.    I slept from Friday night to noon Monday and things got better each day afterward.

I learned many things during that time.   Before that time I was very good at my job and expected everyone else to be able to do the same things...   It taught me what it was like to be pushed beyond my natural abilities....   and made me much more acceptance to others shortfalls. 

 

I still do the writing down of things to ponder over and burn the things I can't control, but those things I had no control over, I pray over them and put them into the Lord's hand...    I do still burn them, and that does really help.

[Michael37]

2 hours ago, other one said:

For a period of time after my doctor switch my asthma prescription to Theophilem, I was only able to sleep for  an average of 2 to 3 hours a night....    Was kind of cool for a short while until the sleep deprivation set in and all of a sudden I could not handle any stressful thing....    It got to the point I was over reacting to everything and my wife got afraid to live with me.   She demanded I start counseling to figure out some way to deal with the world.

One thing I learned in the counseling was to do something each day.   I wrote down the things that happened that day.   Those things that went well I made a promise to keep doing.   Those things that didn't go well I was to divide into two groups....  Could I have done anything that would have made a difference....    if yes keep the note as a reminder to do those things when/if they come up again.   If No there was nothing I could do about it, I was to light them in a container and watch them burn to ashes.

It did help to get a grip on some things, but after about a year and a half the councilor saw me one morning when I had only slept an hour and he had inadvertently  hit on my actual problem.  Since he was not a doctor he could not write a prescription so he asked me to go see my doctor for the prescription....    when she heard I wasn't sleeping she asked me if I was taking the asthma medication and instructed me to stop.    I slept from Friday night to noon Monday and things got better each day afterward.

I learned many things during that time.   Before that time I was very good at my job and expected everyone else to be able to do the same things...   It taught me what it was like to be pushed beyond my natural abilities....   and made me much more acceptance to others shortfalls. 

I still do the writing down of things to ponder over and burn the things I can't control, but those things I had no control over, I pray over them and put them into the Lord's hand...    I do still burn them, and that does really help.

Excellent input, @other one Real life stuff. This highlights the fact of physiological conditions causing behavioural issues, and wrong treatment making matters worse.

In accordance with God's Will, I keep notes and records of simple daily tasks and transactions. Recently I attended an Assembly of God service and afterwards, using my diaries and financial records, traced my original encounter with the lead pastor there back to January 2007 when he popped up in the neighbouring property of a client and asked if I could also do some work on his property.

The Rolling Stones sang about not getting any

                       S A T I S F A C T I O N,

but being in tune with God's Will is most satisfying.

[RdJ]

A former boss wanted to get me fired, so I had to go to a psychiatrist and she said: Aren't you worried that you will lose your job? I'm a single mom. I need my income. I said no. Because: Cast all your cares on Him cause He will care for you.

LOL Then she said I was too nuts to realize I was nuts and because of that they couldn't fire me LOL.

[farouk]

6 minutes ago, Renskedejonge said:

A former boss wanted to get me fired, so I had to go to a psychiatrist and she said: Aren't you worried that you will lose your job? I'm a single mom. I need my income. I said no. Because: Cast all your cares on Him cause He will care for you.

LOL Then she said I was too nuts to realize I was nuts and because of that they couldn't fire me LOL.

@Renskedejonge 'Trust in the LORD with all thine heart'.........(Proverbs 3.5)

[Michael37]

7 minutes ago, Renskedejonge said:

A former boss wanted to get me fired, so I had to go to a psychiatrist and she said: Aren't you worried that you will lose your job? I'm a single mom. I need my income. I said no. Because: Cast all your cares on Him cause He will care for you.

LOL Then she said I was too nuts to realize I was nuts and because of that they couldn't fire me LOL.

[farouk]

4 hours ago, Renskedejonge said:

I think a lot of stress comes from people doing way too much.

So many people have to have a big house, 2 jobs, cars. Pffff. A bike and an apt and a nice chill part time job are fine with me.

And also school. Such nonsense to study hard, get A's and do the most difficult school. I had to do that from my dad, cause he was a teacher. I put so much useless nonsense in my head. Such a pity. I told my kids to do the easier school and chill.

@Renskedejonge Wearying themselves for money, right? whereas prayer and the Scriptures address inward and spiritual and eternal matters.............