How do you know when to stop working hard?

zuhbooze · 2018-05-19T05:58:37+00:00

Sleep more, increase water intake and makes sure you're eating your fruit and veggies.

TriplZero · 2018-05-19T08:32:52+00:00

Ok, look. This might be difficult to swallow, but basically, at 18 you probably are still learning to cope with a lot of things in your life at once. You are still growing as a man. Remember your body will develop to its peak when you hit 21 and then your mind won’t fully develop until you are around 28. (Read the Rationale Male, Rollo Tomassi quotes all this in there). Now, in regards to your routine, it sounds lke you’ve pushed too hard too fast. You are still getting used to high intensity in your life. Slow down. Learn to cope with all these things by decreasing the intensity. Go to the gym 4 times a week, then ramp up from there once you’ve got it handled. There is no easy way to deal with stress other than internalizing your thoughts and meditating to control the intake of information. Remember, meditate 15-30mins a day. Put on some soft sounds of waves crashing and empty your mind while taking deep breaths counting slowly to 5 when you inhale and slowly to 5 when you exhale. If you have trouble keeping your mind blank repeat a phrase you truly believe in. I like to use “Never give up, never surrender”, or “I am the master of my mind, the captain of my soul”. Any of this can help you. When you get older (i use to HATE being told this, but please bear with me) you will have learnt how to handle many things in your life and stressful situations will pass through you like they are nothing. Hope this helps. Good luck.

MisterRoid · 2018-05-19T12:16:52+00:00

You have no use of money or success with a broken body. Put yourself and your mental and physical well-being first. Besides, working hard for the sake of working hard is basically slave mentality. It sounds like it's something you are just doing because "TRP says so".

VasiliyZaitzev · 2018-05-19T09:49:33+00:00

Your systolic is a bit high, but as I understand it, its your diastolic pressure that is more important as an indicator. 78 is tad high, but not really, even factoring in your age. The range you want is 120 or less, and under 80 (without being "too low").

While devotees of the Iron Temple sometimes look down on aerobic exercise because "it fucks with your gains, bro'!", it will help with your blood pressure. You can also try some relaxation therapy/meditation.

Note: Obv I am not a doctor and the above is based on my own, meandering experience.

301niko · 2018-05-19T07:06:50+00:00

Damn I'm 19 135/70 didn't know it was bad.

Moreofmore · 2018-05-19T14:14:23+00:00

The right hard work is good. You’ve shown you can work hard, now go apply it to the right things. Health, sleep, food,mental, emotional, work. In that order works best for me

motion228 · 2018-05-19T08:00:15+00:00

Starting my second semester of CC soon and was wondering how do you balance school/work?

I don’t live with my parents and I’m currently working around 40 hours a week.

NJA4242 · 2018-05-19T15:13:19+00:00

120/80 is the general "ideal" number, at 140 you're on the high side of normal but getting close. I really dont know where 67 the 118/67 number comes from but Ive never heard of anything that low as being standard but I dont go to conferences, I also dont know if your doctor does as well.

That being said I could see this being stress related, it makes sense based on what youre saying but I do want to point out that if this is just one time your doctor took your blood pressure there could be a million reasons why its elevated. You need consistent readings showing high numbers before you can actually be diagnosed with something. Because of how many factors involved BP is more of an indicator than something that out right tells you that youre unhealthy.

Some of the factors Im mentioning are increased blood plasma so drinking lots of water/fluids, increased salt (water retention), and stress both chronic (how youre describing) and acute known as white coat hypertension where you feel stress in the moment because youre at the doctors. This is why one reading doesnt mean shit.

That being said, stress is a reasonable diagnosis. Reduce stress by lessening your load getting a full and restful sleep drink more water (and less "drinks") lower your salt intake eat more fibre meditate *deload the weights

I encourage you to have some introspection and see if you really feel stressed. Id also encourage you to take multiple measures of BP over a few weeks if you can and really see if what youre doing is changing anything

Morphs_ · 2018-05-19T10:17:48+00:00

The key to life it balance. You'll never figure it out perfectly, but you can always strive for more balance.

Right now I'd say your overworking yourself quite hard. You cannot keep this up in a healthy manner.

Heck you're just a young kid, learn to be patient and devote your attention to things that will yield results over time (lifting, starting to invest moderate amounts of money in ETFs, developing frame/game, etc.)

aragurn87 · 2018-05-19T13:48:28+00:00

Fyi about the blood pressure. I was previously told I had hbp but it turns out that the automatic machines are innacurate if you have some arm mass as they are less tubular. I was retested manually and was perfectly healthy! Go back and ask for it to be done manually. And as others have said: sleep more and eat healthy if you aren't already.

will_berttttt · 2018-05-19T15:23:36+00:00

Yes but if i go on meds you have to be off of them for 6 months. I want to lower it naturally.

Hopecel · 2018-05-19T16:11:20+00:00

Take a deload in the gym. Either train with 50-70% of your working weights for a week or just take a 1-2 week break. You won’t lose muscle nor strength doing that.

chim_city · 2018-05-19T17:17:56+00:00

You are 18.

Think of what the next 4 years of your life would be like if you joined the Marines.

Copy that self-discipline and apply to your own life.

You will get better with time-mgmt with age, you will learn shortcuts.

And as always, keep a close eye on your health. Plenty of sleep, water, eat the right things, make yourself accountable.

comcain · 2018-05-20T01:10:58+00:00

How stressful is your job? That sounds like the likeliest candidate for what's stressing you.

dazlgwade · 2018-05-19T07:09:19+00:00

6 days a week???

TotalPigeon · 2018-05-19T14:46:12+00:00

Could be an electrolyte imbalance. Try getting some more salt and check your bp a few hours later. If that doesn't help there are others in the mix, look them up, find a good dietary source and test their effect on your bp one at a time.

BrutalMan420 · 2018-05-19T05:52:27+00:00

No you cant stop yet, thats not alpha. You will only truly internalise redpill when you have cardiac arrested from being such a dickhead.

Title	How do you know when to stop working hard?
Author	will_berttttt
Upvotes	28
Comments	29
Date	May 19, 2018 5:48 AM UTC (8 years ago)
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