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Posts by Kara Heissman

Kara Heissman is the owner of self-improvement blog Contented Life.org. Through her blog, she shares her experiences, knowledge, and insights to help everyone live the life that they deserve—happy, healthy, and fulfilled. Her writings mainly revolve around stress, self-esteem, health, and fitness.

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Are You Too Busy? 5 Signs of Chronic Stress

“Beware the barrenness of a busy life.” ~Socrates

A few years ago, the focal point of my life was my work. It took up and made up a huge portion of my life. In retrospect, I would even say that work became a sort of obsession. I became so obsessed with being productive that I set aside almost every minute of my waking hours for some work-related activity.

I even coupled meals with work; toilet breaks meant mentally drafting reports and traffic jams signaled the start of phone meetings. You may look at this picture and think of me as …