More Than Survival: Proper Stress and Being Effortless

It interests me to determine a way to survive in any environment effortlessly. The effort that I'm thinking of is the emotional discomfort, the feelings of dread which accompany anticipation of things needing to be done throughout the course of the day. For example, I work a job that I dislike. A day off is like one big sigh of relief. I would rather wake up in the morning and feel positive anticipation for the things to come, instead of a sluggish presence of mind that stays throughout the day. In essence, I seek this "effortless" soundness of mind that motivates my body onward. Stress is not a bad things, but baggage is another matter.

I think of baggage as stressors that consume or preoccupy the mind. Stress that doesn't release properly or fully. It can be something very simple. An interpersonal example might be something like an argument with a friend that never resolves properly. The absence of resolution gnaws at the mind, preoccupying and distracting attention from matters more important.

The goal then is to minimize baggage and increase focus, which could conceivably improve overall functioning and satisfaction, or in a sense allow a sense of effortlessness to permeate mind.