And the fuzzy gray schnauzer too! October 1, 2014. While I would like everyone to try and channel their overworked, over-assigned, under-slept haze into something positive, I am sad to say that for me, this has to be taken to an entirely new level and is proving to be a challenge. It is difficult to overcomes stress and channel it into productivity, but I am well versed in that practice. What is proving to be exponentially. Harder is channeling sadness and grief the same way.