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At the start of each month, Word Constructions sends out a newsletter to interested people. Please note that the newsletter is temporarily stopped while Tash is on maternity leave. We expect to send it again in the new financial year. Thank you for your patience and understanding. The newsletter contains tips on making your business writing effective and professional, as well as tips on various aspects of business and web site presentation. A sample of the newsletter is attached below for your reference, as well as links to other editions. If you would like to receive this free newsletter, please fill in the following form with your details to subscribe. You will receive an acknowledging email immediately, and then the next newsletter will be forwarded to you. Our privacy policy is very simple: We do not give, sell or lend your name or email address to anybody at all under any circumstances. These details are ONLY used for sending you the monthly email and relevant notices (very rarely.)
Excerpt from April 2006 newsletter:
Stress reduction Whether it is a common feeling or an occasional experience, most of us feel stressed with the amount of things we feel we have to do. Some stress is ok and even beneficial - for instance, the stress of having no income keeps us caring for customers - but continued and extreme stress are harmful. There are ways to keep your stress under control, and many are cheap and quick. Here are some examples to start with:
If you can't or won't avoid stress in your life, you can make sure that you have regular breaks from stress so that your body and mind can regain the energy and motivation to continue effectively. In this case, the breaks must be for more than a few hours and must be a complete change, such as taking a weekend away or spending a day watching your favourite sport with some friends.
Many
companies have long contended that stress in the home
causes productivity loss in the market place.. and it
does. But research now reveals that stress on the job
causes stress at home. In other words, they feed off
each other.
Intolerant: Not accepting, allowing or enduring something/someone to exist without interfering, complaining or hindering. For instance, a racist person is intolerant of other races living in their country. Intolerable: A situation that can't be endured or continued. For example, after time a worked may find it intolerable to work 100 hour weeks and be criticised by their boss. Think of the two words like this: He is not able to tolerate a situation but the ant chooses to be intolerant. Busy Busy By Tash Hughes of Word Constructions When is the last time you just sat and did nothing? Or watched a sunset in a quiet place? Or stopped and really listened to a piece of music? Unfortunately, doing things like that is uncommon in our busy lives. There are so many things we believe we ‘need’ or ‘have’ to do that we don’t take time to recharge ourselves and just stop occasionally. It’s not just at work that we are busy, either. Even our children are busy with various activities around school and homework, and then we also fit in physical activity and some sort of a social life. But shouldn’t there be more to life than rushing around and doing things every second of the day? Being overly busy results in us being tired and less creative, it keeps pumped up and without time to reduce the pressure. Business fills our minds and we get overwhelmed and lose track of where we are going as we are so caught up in the tasks at hand. And all of that builds into stress. Sure, a bit of stress in our lives is healthy and keeps us to deadlines, but continuous stress is exhausting and unhealthy. When we are stressed, we become focused on only a few aspects of our lives – whether it is finishing a project, earning more money or dealing with a difficult relationship. Being so focused makes it hard to see the wholeness of life, and this can also mean missed opportunities. You can read a bit more about busyness here.
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