How do you artifically stress yourself?

Question

I have realized lately that I set deadlines which are beyond possibility, set goals which I always miss.My mindset earlier was if you aim higher you get more done but lately I am realizing that it is not always true and that has been the reason for stress. I am switching to setting more realistic deadlines and giving myself more slack.Perhaps both the modes are important but useful depending on how stressed/confident you have been lately.This made me think, how else do I stress myself out and how others artifically stress themselves out?

ss48 · Accepted Answer

By imagining that someone else with my means and experiences would be able to do better at what I am doing compared to myself doing it by me not perceiving or deciding to do things as they ought to be done. A lot of times, it's not true and even if it was, it's irrelevant. In these circumstances, I think I try to use stress to motivate myself to do better, when the opposite turn out a lot better by staying more grounded in reality and responding to that more effectively.

bradwood · Answer

I used to get stressed out all the time until I realised that being in a state of stress actually had a _negative_ impact on my productivity. Since then, I just told myself to "never allow yourself to be stressed" and it worked.
I just tackle things methodically, with care, logic, and focus, and get shit done -- even when it's a serious situation like a production outage or incident.
Try it -- it really works!

Arrath · Answer

Procrastination is my number one.-He types while browsing HN instead of working on a document.