Being a dental assistant is not an easy job, and anyone in the practice who says otherwise is to be ignored. It’s hectic, you’re given a million tasks a day sometimes, and nowhere near enough time to do them all right other times. As such, it can be hard to remain calm, to “keep your head” as it were. If you are entering one of many dental assistant programs in St. Augustine, FL, you may be nervous about how you’re going to be able to stay cool and collected in such a hectic business. Well, the following tips may be able to be of some help there.
#1. Find a hobby
It’s a rather cliché bit of advice, but for good reason; it works. Finding a hobby you love and are equally as passionate about as your job can be a wonderful source of stress relief. Hobbies like boxing or finding a good batting cage or just playing video games when you get home can be like opening the floodgates for your stress. So if your job of running back and forth throughout the dentist’s office is getting you down, just find something fun for you to do after hours.
#2. Listen to relaxing music
It’s been scientifically proven that calm, relaxing music can ease real life stress with surprising effectiveness. Listening to relaxing music on your drive to work in the morning can help put you in a good mood that’ll be hard to break the rest of the day. While not a foolproof method (relaxing music can do little against a boss who has it out for you) it will help put you in a good mood to start out.
#3. Watch plenty of cute videos during your break
Whenever you get onto your break, put that YouTube account to good use and watch some relaxing, adorable videos of cats, dog, or red pandas. This may seem cloying, but there’s a good reason that these videos catch on like wildfire on the internet: because a cute enough animal can put a person in a lighter mood just by existing. There’s something indescribably relaxing and wonderful about these kinds of videos that makes them impossible to not smile in response.
#4. Take a holiday
Whenever you get your day off from work, take a holiday to somewhere fun, or relaxing. It could be to an amusement park with your family, or to visit a friend you haven’t hung out with in a long time. Either way, just get away from work for a while.
With these tips in mind, you’re now ready to begin your training and get into the dental assistant workforce. There’s nowhere better to start that journey than Bartram Dental Center.
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