Everand Logo

Welcome to Everand!

  • Discover millions of ebooks, audiobooks, and so much more with a free trial

    Only $11.99/month after trial. Cancel anytime.

    Good Morning Let the Stress Begin
    Good Morning Let the Stress Begin
    Good Morning Let the Stress Begin
    Ebook83 pages41 minutes

    Good Morning Let the Stress Begin

    By Phyllis Porter Dolislager

    ()

    Read preview

    About this ebook

    Causes of Stress Today

    1. Super Woman or Super Man Syndrome
    “Be all that you can be,” says the Army, and every other job or situation that we encounter.

    2. Accessibility
    We’re never alone. We carry our phones with us all the time, and e-mail lets us work any time, anywhere, 24/7.

    3. Busy Calendars
    We wanted to have friends to dinner on a Friday night and had to schedule them five weeks out for our calendars to coincide.

    4. Analysis Overload1
    Cereal—there are over 100 choices
    Soap—249 kinds
    Toothpaste—250 kinds

    5. Consumer Orgy
    How many TV’s do you have in your home?
    Do you have more than ten pair of shoes in your closet?
    Duplicate tools in your garage?

    6. Hurry Syndrome
    Today we use our DVR to automatically fast-forward over commercials. (This way we can watch a 30-minute program in 22 minutes!)

    7. Living away from family
    Having to travel long distances to see family and not seeing them often is stressful.

    8. Traffic
    We’d never even heard of road rage ten years ago. Now they plant trees and flowers to calm us down.

    9. Facing our own mortality
    Realizing we’re going to die some day and then what?

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPhyllis Porter Dolislager
    Release dateOct 30, 2014
    ISBN9781310848001
    Good Morning Let the Stress Begin
    Author

    Phyllis Porter Dolislager

    Phyllis Porter Dolislager is the author of ten books. She is a writing consultant and gives writing workshops encouraging others to write about significant birthdays, anniversaries, and family memories. Lessons Learned on the Farm, a family memoir, is her best-selling book. She and her husband split their time between Tennessee and Florida.

    Read more from Phyllis Porter Dolislager

    Related to Good Morning Let the Stress Begin

    Related ebooks

    Meditation and Stress Management For You

    View More
    View More

    Related podcast episodes

    Related articles

    • Article

      A Cup Of Tea With… KANOAL LOYD

      Oct 25, 2020

      Kanoa Lloyd from Three’s current affairs TV show The Project first burst on to our screens 11 years ago as the fun-loving co-host of kids’ show Sticky TV, and has gone on to become one of Aotearoa’s most-loved broadcasters. The 33-year-old will alway

      3 min read

    • Article

      Lucy Peach Is A Period Queen

      Nov 5, 2020

      Lucy Peach Is A Period Queen
      20 min read

    • Article

      Doctor, I Have A Wee Problem!

      Jul 31, 2020

      Doctor, I Have A Wee Problem!
      4 min read

    • Article

      Living With Loss

      Aug 20, 2021

      WHEN she lost her mom suddenly to cancer – it was 13 days from diagnosis to death – the rawness of grief hit her hard. It was a lonely experience, says writer Bridget McNulty, but she learnt a lot about the process of bereavement and eventually reali

      5 min read

    • Article

      Andrea McLean

      Aug 31, 2021

      I’ve always been into keeping myself healthy. From the ages of 11 to 14, I didn’t have posters of pop stars on my wall, but Sue Barker, Tracy Austin and Chris Evert Lloyd. I loved tennis and swam for a local swimming club. I’ve never been a team spor

      5 min read

    • Article

      The New Mum At 46

      Aug 26, 2021

      The New Mum At 46
      4 min read

    • Article

      Learning to SLEEP EASY

      May 26, 2022

      Learning to SLEEP EASY
      6 min read

    • Article

      “IT worked FOR US”

      Aug 4, 2022

      “IT worked FOR US”
      5 min read

    • Article

      Stuck With Yourself

      Jun 12, 2020

      Stuck With Yourself
      7 min read

    • Article

      Stuck With Yourself

      Jun 12, 2020

      Stuck With Yourself
      7 min read

    • Article

      Courage, Darling, Courage

      May 13, 2020

      Mom, I think I’m really ill.” With these words my family’s journey with Covid-19 started. A week of celebrations with friends from all over the world had culminated in a joyous wedding the day before, and the newly-weds had set off on honeymoon. My

      2 min read

    • Article

      Behind The Scenes

      Sep 3, 2020

      Behind The Scenes
      5 min read

    • Article

      Editor’s Note

      May 31, 2020

      ShopTalk! Friends, As I sit down to write this note, I pause to reflect on the surreal reality we have been living in for weeks. I have worried over you, even though I don’t know many of you personally. I have called my incredibly supportive advertis

      2 min read

    • Article

      (The Quiet House)

      Apr 3, 2022

      (The Quiet House)
      17 min read

    • Article

      Age Of Uncertainty

      Feb 18, 2022

      Age Of Uncertainty
      7 min read

    • Article

      Age Of Uncertainty

      Feb 19, 2022

      Age Of Uncertainty
      7 min read

    • Article

      Gut Feeling

      Jul 9, 2020

      Gut Feeling
      5 min read

    • Article

      Motherhood as Muse

      Feb 15, 2018

      1. We were living in Philadelphia with our twin 13-month-old daughters when one night I returned from the store to find my husband holding E, her face blue. Her arms and legs made a slow but steady jerk jerk jerk, only her eyes were closed and when w

      6 min read

    • Article

      Unstoppable At 60

      Aug 19, 2023

      Unstoppable At 60
      9 min read

    • Article

      Beat It!

      Feb 24, 2022

      Beat It!
      5 min read

    Related categories

    Reviews for Good Morning Let the Stress Begin

    0 ratings

    0 ratings0 reviews

    What did you think?

    Tap to rate

    Review must be at least 10 words

      Book preview

      Good Morning Let the Stress Begin - Phyllis Porter Dolislager

      Good Morning...

      Let the Stress Begin

      and other writings to encourage you to publish your own stories

      by

      Phyllis Porter Dolislager

      Smashwords Edition

      Copyright © 2003, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2014 by Phyllis Porter Dolislager

      Good Morning…Let the Stress Begin

      and other writings to encourage you to publish your stories

      ISBN-13: 978-1500654931

      ISBN-10: 1500654930

      All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means without written permission of the author.

      Dedication

      To my husband, Ronald Dolislager

      He’s my best friend,

      my favorite person in the whole world,

      and a wonderful helpmate.

      His servant’s heart is seen not only by me,

      but by all those who worked with him

      24 years at South America Mission,

      one year at First Baptist Church of W P B,

      and now at World Mission Centre/Live School.

      I love you, Ron.

      Preface

      In an effort to showcase various subjects/topics that are appropriate for POD (Print on Demand) publishing or Internet publishing, I’ve put this book together. You’ll find personal essays, poetry, excerpts from a personal memoir and a family memoir, and even a little humour. Ron and I wrote the children’s story together.

      You’ll also find that there are a lot of writings that pertain to my post-polio. I’ve included them for those who also live with a chronic illness or disability, and for their caregivers.

      It is my hope that you’ll find some inspiration to write your own stories and to do your own publishing. I have used Xulon Press, Instant Publisher, iUniverse, and currently CreateSpace. Check them out, and you’ll be on your way to an adventure.

      Fulfil a dream. Amaze your family. Pass on your heritage. Share your thoughts. Be a published author. It can all become a reality.

      Contents

      Dedication

      Preface

      Good Morning...Let the Stress Begin

      A Cup of Cold Water

      Lessons Learned on the Farm (Excerpts)

      Who Hit the Down Button

      Rules for Smoking...For Five-Year Olds

      Who’s in Control?

      We Are Polio Survivors

      Special People

      Tennessee Poetry

      Dreams Can Become Realities

      The Four Cousins

      Smoky Mountain Adventure

      Angels Looking Out for You and Me

      About the Author

      Good Morning…Let the Stress Begin

      The events of 9/11, followed by the war in Afghanistan, and then the war in Iraq, and more global turmoil and natural disasters have thrown our entire nation into stress overload. We’ve become addicted to watching the news unfold on TV and online. Even now, I find myself reading the local and national headlines on Facebook. Nationwide our stress levels haven’t returned to their pre 9/11 levels. We’ve gotten used to it and haven’t learned how to function without it.

      We are constantly experiencing wild and confusing times. We’ve seen sniper shootings, kidnappings, school shootings, computer viruses that almost stopped the world’s businesses, the election that took 37 days, and 9/11. Through TV, newspapers, the Internet, and imbedded reporters, we’ve been brought face to face with WAR, right in our homes. That’s stress producing, for sure.

      Although it didn’t make the headlines, August of 1999, I had my own stressful experience. I found myself in an ambulance, on a stretcher, being taken to the emergency room of our local hospital. 9-1-1 had been called because I was having chest pains and maybe a heart attack.

      I remember lying on that stretcher as

      Enjoying the preview?
      Page 1 of 1