For me, practicing entertainment and business law has been high stress, particularly as I have gotten busier (for which I am grateful). Getting stress free in the midst of client needs and demands and sometimes unreasonable adversaries has not come easily for me. To some degree my "problem" as a lawyer has been that I care about the results of my work and what happens to my clients. That might sound a bit lame, but detachment can be a blessing if one wants to leave their work "at the office". I remember one of the greatest compliments paid to me by a client -- a member of a chart topping rock act. He told another musician in front of me "Steve cares". That is all fine -- however I think my job would be easier and less stress producing if I were colder and more objective. Nevertheless, there is a solution -- maybe more than one.
For me stress free work has required learning skills and techniques -- and practicing them until they become ingrained. Of great benefit over the past year has been my application of the principles found in David Allen's best seller "Getting Things Done". That plus learning that I cannot survive without a balanced approach to life, never forgetting to nurture the spiritual and physical areas of my life. Then -- I can find the bliss and even joy that comes with stress free work.