Stress can work for you in many ways (after all, the only time you're not stressed is when you're in a coffin). Stress helps you meet deadlines and make tough decisions under pressure. What you don't want, however, is for work- and finance-related stress to adversely affect your health or for it to control you, suffocate you, and make you feel miserable.
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