WWJD?

What would Jackie do?

I came across this book a last year or so at Anthropologie. And while I am a die hard for anything Jackie I put it down because it was too expensive for such a little book. "try amazon" I thought to myself, and sure enough I found it -cheaper.

Last night in my sickness panick while I lay listening for the wash to be done at 4:30 in the am, I told myself that I needed to get a grip. That not every stressor should be THE stressor that puts me over. And that is how I have been feeling lately {my whole life?} Maybe its just because I am sick, or maybe it is because I am cooped up inside with the dog, or maybe it is because it is just plain true.

Steve always tells me not to show the world my ass. He tells me that I don't need to tell everyone what I think, or what I feel or what is wrong. And thats not even the problem. Its that I can't take even the minimal stressor. I can't handle a simple problem without it becoming a mountain. And last night, I finally got what he has been saying to me for so long. And I need to get some help with it.

I am in search for the best stress help book there is. And for some reason, at the stroke of 5am I remembered this little treasure of a book sitting in my bedside table drawer. So I tried to read it in the dark, and the few words I absorbed were enough to still me for the rest of the night. This morning I opened it back up and began reading. While it is not a cure for my stress, it does cause me to think beyond the paramaters of my own brain, for now.

Any stress help books to recommend to me?