I get stress headaches on a regular basis.
It’s not like I’m freaking out about my workload and all the responsibilities I shoulder.
I do my best to prioritize my itinerary and get things done. It’s just that every now and then, the small text on the computer screen begins to blur, my head starts to swim, and I start to feel a pain that begins in my temples and travels slowly across my skull and sometimes down to my neck. It doesn’t help that my office chair doesn’t provide the best support. Anyway, by the time I get home, my headache can be quite severe, and that’s when I crank the A/C and just sit on the living room couch directly below the air vent and bask in its coolness. It’s the first thing I do when I get home nearly every work day, and it makes me so grateful that I have an air conditioner that I can rely on to cool down, not just my body, but my brain after a long day at work. It’s almost like my brain is a computer processor that needs a heat sink in order to keep from melting! At least that’s how it feels, quite often. I’m also grateful for the air conditioning system at the office I work at, considering that’s typically where the headaches start. Whoever’s in control of the thermostat is a little stingy though, so I still can’t wait to get home to crank up my own air conditioner. It’s the little things that help me to keep going!