About Lesson
If you find that you feel very stressed at work, and you’re not sure why, it can be useful to keep a stress log for a week to see what’s going on. Include the follow items:
- Write the date at the top of each day.
- Write the time and what happened.
- Rate the event on a scale of one to ten, where one is a minimum of stress, five is, “I feel like I need a break,” and ten is, “I’m going to blow a gasket.”
- Leave room for any comments or thoughts.
Here is an example.

Once you have logged your stressful events, you can do something about them using the Triple A approach we discussed earlier. For example, if you got stuck in traffic four out of five days and that caused you stress, you may need to find a different route to work or leave at an earlier time to get ahead of the rush.