One of the problematic things about stress is that you can't avoid it when it finds you. That's why it is stressful. It sucks away your lifeblood.

I recently spent five years in a job that become extremely stressful. Another position much less stressful fell into my lap, a stroke of good fortune for which I am extremely grateful. Now I bike 150 miles a week in commuting alone (plus another 60 to 90 miles on the weekends riding a tandem with my sweetie). Life is very, very much better.