Putting Stress into Perspective

The best way to overcome the stress of modern life, I have found, is to consider the past. For me, it's the Tudors, my favorite era. I might worry about the future, but no one is going to drag me into a dungeon, feed me on moldy bread and brackish water, and then burn me at the stake or slice my head off with an axe.

I might stress over the multitude of tasks I am expected to do, but if I don't measure up, no one is going to brand a letter on my forehead so everyone will know what sort of failure I am.

And I can feel overcome by the ever-quickening pace of the world without fear of spending sun-up to sun-down in the stocks with passers-by encouraged to throw at my face whatever nasty things they might find lying around.

And since I'm still working on that Katherine Parr costume for the RWA conference ( in Orlando in July), I will add that, whatever my worries and dreads in this life, I don't have to face them in hoops, corsets, and ten pounds of velvet fabric!