Huge Squeezey Stress Ball.
Who has ever not needed one of those?!
A simple invention, costs nothing to make and yet it must have made someone very rich.... hmmm I need to Google the background on this and find out how the stress ball came about (shame on me for not carrying out sufficient research for this post!). I w.ish I could invent something so simple that everybody needs.... like the man who invented the Cats Eyes for the middle of the road, I've always been in awe of him! Anyway, I'm going off on a tangent now and that's not the way I wanted to go with this..
OK, this post isn't about the stress ball per se.
I was thinking about things when I woke up this morning and I have a fair few negative things going on around me at the moment - in fact in every aspect of my life. Family, work and love life. When does that ever happen? Usually it's one or the other.
Other than the Family issue, none involve life or death situations and can be worked out or worked through whatever the outcome, however the family element is less easy to move past. All we can do is keep our fingers crossed and stick together.This is not a self-indulgent pity post by the way..... LOL - funnily enough I don't feel full of self-pity or that I can't cope. In fact, I seem to be handling it all very well, when normally some cracks might start to show in my everyday life.
Back to my thoughts this morning...
I think, no I'm sure, that the reason I'm handling things as well as I am is because I have this huge squeezey ball that's keeping me calm. Yes you know where I'm going with this now don't you...?
WA is my huge squeezey ball - not just mine, every single one of us on here has access to it. There have been changes in me since I found WA and found this World which lifts me up and separates me from my everyday life. 
I'm not saying that it's my retreat as that wouldn't be healthy - but it has a way of making everything feel alright. It is calming and allows perspective - just as a squeezey ball does - that's it's sole purpose, to remove the stress and allow you to think rationally.
I've tried to explain it to myself but `I can't - I just love and appreciate it and embrace its comfort.
We are all so lucky to be here in WA - there's a reason we are all here and that reason is different for each one of us, yet it brings us together as one - to work together and share our joys and frustrations. Yes, we are the WAmily!
The smell of success is all around us, those of us not achieving it in monetary value yet are still achieving it in our minds, every post that we publish to our site gives another little warm feeling of success - we are doing it! We are living it! Everytime you click on PUBLISH you are moving that step closer to your own success in your business. Remember, content, content, content!
I cannot believe how well I am handling my life at the moment and yes I get stressed, but then I turn on my laptop or go into my phone and there is my huge squeezey ball ready to calm me down and transfer me away from it all.
Together we will succeed, we are all on the same road, the same journey and we will all help each other get there. 
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I GET THIS...I know exactly what you mean Alexandra and you expressed it so eloquently. Hats off to the stress ball creator, minting it now for sure ;-)
I would take a guess that the reason the stresses of life seep away when you log-in to your WA account has a lot to do with the high energy of good vibrations that are ours for the taking and are offered so readily by our kind-hearted tribe.
Take care of yourself while you figure your offline life out and remember we are always here for you! Jules ;-)
I feel your pain. Is that too much ? It's just that 'empathise' sounds to mealy. Anyway, I'm sure 'you get me'
WA is a very special place indeed. Unlike other 'social' platforms, there is an underlying connection between all of us, a commonality that many would call 'likemindedness'.
I could go full 'cheese' and sing the theme song to Cheers:
"Making your way in the world today takes everything you've got.
Taking a break from all your worries, sure would help a lot.
Wouldn't you like to get away?
Sometimes you want to go
Where everybody knows your name,
and they're always glad you came.
You wanna be where you can see,
our troubles are all the same
You wanna be where everybody knows
Your name."
I went there, sorry. Enough said.
Ahhh what a lovely trip down memory lane Twack, thanks for this!
I absolutely loved watching Cheers...and that theme song could well become a WA one ;-)
The one thing that occured to me, is that whenever someone's profile picture comes up, we know their name, even if the username is different. I know more people here by their first names than I do out there in the non-virtual world (notice I didn't say 'real', down to perspective, I guess)
Now that you mention it I think I may be in the same position...and I totally get your reference to the offline world ;-) it appears being real is not in vogue!!!
Great, Twack, now as I get ready to retire there will be visions of Ted Danson and Shelly Long dancing in my head!🙄
Marlon the cat is a good squeezy stress ball, but he doesn't always like being squeezed, so I'll stick with God and Wealthy Affiliate. *looks around for Marlon*
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Wow! the girl is finally starting to get some belief in her abilities whatever next!! lol. Stress is a part of life and you unfortunately are at a phase where you are sadly getting more than your fair share ;( however, I perceive the tentative signs that at the very least you are starting to realise its relatively speaking obviously transitory nature and that is invaluable that is why you are able to face it with more of a look of the disdain it deserves for the effects to your life and that is the realization that, is that all you got? mentality starts to become the bedrock of strength required to focus in increasing measure towards the phase that is better and better until the really pleasant and brilliant phase moves in to a lady that at that stage will have learnt a most valuable lesson. The strength of her resilience in the face of adversity and will thereon have the courage to kick its A$$ whenever it dares to show its face in her life. Your getting there its a long journey but you are moving in the right direction. ;)
R.
Thank you so much Rami - It’s great that you can always be relied upon to say how it is. Always so motivational in every way. You are greatly appreciated. Thank you 🙏🏻 😉
You are as always most welcome! now that we have hurdled the self appraisals thing may we move back to the tasks in hand...lols
Submitted 1900 yesterday at 2:30 am. Meant to ask did you receive a satisfactory answer to the last question you posted? it brought up so many questions in my mind which I'll share when I have some time to do so...lols Any way back to rapiers drawn en guard lady! lols
R.
Very well done! I’ve asked so many questions lately 🤔 if you mean the one about the excluded page in Google I think it’s my Privacy Policy page. It makes sense that it would be. When we set it up Kyle tells us to tick the NoIndex box.
Now where were we.... en guard! ⚔️