Quotes About Stress

Producing 1,200 words every day, when you're already working a full-time job is a lot.

When you get into a production, there are a lot of things you have to hit to make the show work - like my cues or a cue for another person or making sure you don't mess up the beat, and you can let all of that get in the way.

Many of us feel as though we are overloaded and overwhelmed by all the things that are happening, and we can't stop work for even five minutes or we'll fall behind: the idea that if we don't take breaks, we're being more productive.

I always feel guilty for having a day off because I feel like I'm not being productive.

Having a constant productive anxiety doesn't mean that people are miserable and wailing but that people know they will be held accountable if things do not go right.

I think if I was less exigent with myself, maybe I would be more productive, because I would put less pressure on my shoulders.

I mean, I've been kind of bad at self-care. I struggle with tying my self-care to being more effective and more productive. Especially as an entrepreneur, it's hard not to.

I've come to understand that migraine is a part of the personality. I have migraine troughs. These often follow high productivity. I have a hypo-manic phase, then I'll crash.

The profession I have keeps dragging me into drama and taking me away from baking, flowering and gardening.

There's a lot of insecure, sad people in any profession.

I used to find comfort in food, but can't do that anymore, because of the profession I am in.

Everyone deals with pressure in different ways.

Everybody handles pressure differently.

The constant attention is what is so difficult.

It's such a difficult thing for women, especially, to admit when we're not coping, because we're supposed to be all right with all the different roles we're born with and are piled on us later on.

I try to cook dinner, but it's difficult when I'm working.

I think when it's a high-stress situation, my tennis definitely takes a big dip.

After I directed for the first time, I wanted to call every director I'd ever worked with and apologize. In television you are tasked with shooting 42 minutes, or whatever, in eight days. That's not a lot of time.

I do tend to wake up in the middle of the night convinced I've made a disaster.

I believe a lot of disease comes from anxiety, loneliness.

Executives don't burn out and leave when they feel deep satisfaction. They don't create the human detritus that disgruntled managers do.

Management brings the best and worst out of me, and I think you have to find a distinction between what is work and what isn't work, because football can take over your life.

Wrestling kept me sane during dental school. That was the hardest time of my life, and I don't know how I would have made it without the distractions of wrestling to keep me afloat.

Everybody's expecting a lot from me.