I feel if a person has multiple personal goals and they generate positive stress (rather than pressure), then these goals enhance this person’s condition stress-wise. Each such stressor is a power pump with a safety valve.

For eg, i try to publish some worthwhile blog post every week. Never stressed me out.
For eg, in my early 30’s I used to attend a quarterly fitness test
For eg, I was improving my coding (c++/c# etc) in my spare time — i do feel a bit disappointed if i make no progress for a month, but this pressure is still small, compared to many external stressors in my life:)

For eg, I used come to office on weekends and work on unfinished tasks. Not forced to.
For eg, I used to try job interviews when my job is safe. Would be real stressful if job is under threat.
For eg, helping my son with piano and swimming practice can feel stressful, but there’s a ….. safety valve.
For eg, I used to commit to 1 minute a day on piano, pullup, vocab etc