Having a crappy week

[seemunkee]

I was really looking forward to this trip. Business for 5 days with evenings free in Geneva and then the weekend in Interlaken. I'm getting some crap from the home office about a deal I'm trying to swing on with the guy I'm working with here and it's making me miserable. On top of it I can't seem to adjust to the time change and my stomach is all tied in knots from the stress. The only good thing was we went to a great restaurant last night in the French countryside and didn't talk business at all.
I'm wondering if I should just go home early and skip doing to the mountains.

[Murdock]

1. close your eyes..

Breathe in deeply and slowly... relax.. just breathe for a few moments.. center yourself, everything will work itself out, it does. Remember, the breath is the link between mind and body. Slowing and deepening breath will have a relaxing effect

[Patiod]

2. Take a deep breath

Appreciate that you're not in the DC metro area right now (not that there's anything wrong with the great states/districts of MD, VA and DC, but it's nice to get away sometimes)

You get to eat better than you do at home. Your hotel room is probably cleaner (and less cluttered). You have only the deal to focus on, and not what you need to pick up at Costco, and whether it's too early to put in the perenials and if the cottage cheese is past its sell date and what to pack for lunch and does the car need inspection. on

You're in Geneva, which you have to admit is cleaner than DC. And hey, there are fewer buses with schoolchildren gawking at the monuments, right? Are you sitting on 495 right now, stuck in traffic? No, you are not.

It's all perspective.

/from one road warrior to another (who had to keep telling herself all that stuff last week)

[seemunkee]

3. All this deep breathing is going to make me hyperventilate

I'm not in DC/MD but my wife , daughter and pup are. My two workmates who are here with me are nice guys but not the same as family.