I’ve been putting in more hours a day at work this week. I’m up to full time now and I’m noticing I’m dealing with stressful situations differently than the old me did. Before I used to get twisted out and almost feel like I have tunnel vision. My fight or flight would kick in and I’d want to run away. Now? Now I find my anxiety level rises a little bit then goes away. The issues that come up are the same and just as stressful, but the sense of needing to get it all done perfectly as fast as humanly possible is gone. I’m only one person, and I’m not Wonder Woman. I used to get upset when I couldn’t please everyone. That seems to be gone too. Oh I still want everyone to be happy and work to make that happen, but I don’t take it as personally when it doesn’t pan out that way. I don’t think I’ll have to face anything ever again that is as stressful and ramps the anxiety levels as high as getting-and beating-cancer.