Why I, who used to be a super-stressed person, now live a carefree life

What is stress?
Is it tasty?
That's how stress-free I am now,
living a carefree life,

but I used to be quite irritable.

Hello, this is Sasaki.

I live a fun life lately, but
I once lived a life full of stress.

It was especially bad during my days as an unsuccessful actor.
・Part-time job
・Rehearsals
・Drinking parties

In these days made up of this triple threat...
・Taking out my anger at my part-time job,
・Getting depressed during rehearsals,
・And boring power struggles while drinking.

Thinking about it now,
I feel like I was living a life of maximum stress...

That guy,
now lives almost completely stress-free.

I thought I'd share some of my old stories this time.

※This is quite a dark history, so it's just for now.

……Oops.
It looks like the curtain is about to rise.

● The Part-Time Leader Era

Back when I was stressed,

I was a part-time leader.

It sounds good, but to be precise,
I was a part-time leader
just because I had been there a long time.

I wasn't particularly capable.
But I didn't slack off either.
That was about it.

I just accumulated stress.
Always blaming someone else.

"I don't like the customer's attitude, even though I'm serving them properly."
"Because that guy is slacking off, I have to do it for him."

Furthermore,
I was strict with newcomers,
and acted overly bossy.

"Why did you make a mistake!? Anyone can do this!"
"Think for yourself!"

I would say things like that without a second thought.

I would even snap at the full-time employees.

"Why can't you do your job as well as I can?"
"If you're getting overtime pay, work more."
"I'm running this by myself, so come in early."

Man...
It's painful even to remember it now.

Naturally, one day I was told:

"The atmosphere gets bad when you're around."

But the me back then

didn't think "it's my fault" even for a millimeter.

● Rehearsals and Drinking Parties

Me during stage rehearsals
I couldn't do anything right.

Naturally, the director would tear me to shreds.

When I checked the recorded footage...
I was deathly bad. I couldn't even watch it.

And then,
I'd get depressed.

Depressed.

Depressed.

A spiral of depression.

Rehearsals weren't fun.

My head was stiff as a board.
I'd insist, "This is my ideal performance!" and
ignored everyone else's opinions completely.

Well, as you can guess,
there's no way that would work out.
Because it was self-centered.
After that, I'd go out for drinks...

Get drunk, feel happy, and mess around.
I'd pick on younger people or those in lower positions

to assert my dominance.
I thought that was cool.

Even though it was so lame...
I had no money.

But someday, I'll be a big shot.
……
Is that enough?

I'm writing this now,
and I'm sure I'm making a hell of a face.

● Comedy Changed Me

If you've read this far and thought,
"Sasaki is such a truly awful person!"
……Yeah, I think that's correct.

If I saw the me from back then, I'd have the worst impression too.

But you know,
I want you to look at it from a third-party perspective for a moment.
No, let me make an excuse.

The me back then

was trying as hard as he could.
I was very serious,

had a strong sense of justice,
it's just... my perspective was narrow.
I tried to solve everything by myself,

couldn't do it,
spun my wheels,
and because I had no room to breathe,
I blamed those around me.
I messed up the direction of my efforts.

That's why

people hated me.
I became lonely.
So, how did I change?

It's because

I encountered comedy.

It suited me, you know.

Comedy.
Since then, every day has been super fun,

and everything started going well.

● How to Eliminate Stress

How was it?

Huh?
There's no hint on how to become stress-free at all?

Yeah, I get it.
It felt like everything was solved just by encountering comedy at the end, right?

If that's the case, people who don't like comedy won't be saved at all.

Please rest assured.
A method anyone can do

…exists!


People who accumulate stress are basically good people.
Yes, just like me!


……I'll continue.
Characteristics of people who tend to accumulate stress.
They are hardworking, have a strong sense of responsibility, and are serious.

That is a very important thing,

b, u, t,
reduce the places where you work hard!
If you do that, things will go well!

I'm the same way,
but I tried too hard to do everything by myself,
and I was too overconfident in my own abilities.

Leave it to others.

Let's just be conscious of this!

I did that too.

When you start leaving things to others, you understand something.
That is the other person's feelings.

To have someone do something for you,
commands don't work.
Because they'll end up doing it reluctantly.

You need to make them want to do it willingly.
You have to create an environment where they can enjoy doing it.

To do that,
you have to enjoy it yourself too.

Then,
you start thinking about what you need to do to enjoy it.

……Did you notice?
You don't have time to feel stress, right?
If you're feeling stressed, it'll spread to those around you!
That's what it is!!

To reduce the burden on yourself, the first thing you have to do is create a stress-free environment!
If the work itself is becoming a stress, quitting is also an option!

I've even revealed my dark history, so please!
Let's reduce stress little by little starting today!

Well then, I look forward to seeing you next time!

Oh, one last advertisement.
This is the incense I burn every morning.
It might be effective for stress.
Just kidding!