10 Little Things I Do When Life Is Out of Control

Besides kicking and screaming.

Chris Wojcik
6 min readAug 29, 2023
San Diego, CA — Photo by MJ

Recently, my life has been nonstop.

Over the last 3 months, I’ve been on the road either training Jiu-Jitsu, teaching a seminar, competing in Jiu-Jitsu, seeing my girlfriend in San Diego, or moving/traveling every single weekend except for one. The next several weeks will follow the same structure — a structure of constant action.

While I’m grateful to be able to live this life, that doesn’t mean that it’s easy.

I get stressed out, burnt out, and overwhelmed. I’m only human.

Luckily, I’m pretty good at managing my stress.

Here are 10 things I do to manage that stress:

I go for a walk.

Walks are the way.

When I’m losing weight for a BJJ tournament, a nightly walk is a part of my routine.

Sometimes, the walk is long, with headphones on, and I listen to a book. Other times, it’s quiet and I listen to earth spin. Sometimes, the walk is fast. Today was bike sprint day at the gym, so the walk was slow.

Either way, a walk a day keeps my anxiety at bay.

I do Jiu-Jitsu.

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