Stress is part of everyone's life and can cause problems with your health. Finance and money are frequently among the first of the stresses that most people feel. However, families and work are also a frequent cause of stress and tension. Use the following tips to ensure that you deal with your stress in a healthy way.
Try to find out what is causing your stress.
See if you can make changes in the areas of your life where you are feeling stress.
Find ways to relax such as massage, deep breathing, meditation, or yoga.
Incorporate physical activity into your lifestyle.
Practice time management. Put your tasks into a priority list. When you make your list take into account yourself, your family, and your job. Using a check list will give you satisfaction when you complete a task.
Sugar, fats, tobacco, caffeine, and alcohol will put stress on your body and will affect the way that your body and mind copes with stress. Eat a healthy diet.
Make sure that you get enough sleep and rest.
Talk with someone if there are things that are bothering you. This can include friends, family, professional counselors, and support groups.
Find someone who needs your help. Helping others can give you a sense of purpose.
Relax by reading a book or watching a movie, listening to music or working at a hobby you enjoy.
Anger can be very stressful. Examine the causes and take action to remove them.
A vacation from your regular life, even if only for a weekend, will help you deal with stress.
Don't take on too much at one time. Learn to take it easy.
Perfection is impossible - don't even try for it.
Remember that being judgemental is likely to do you more harm than the people you are judging
See the funny side of life. Watch funny movies and tv shows.
Your neck and jaw are often the first to feel the effects of stress and tension. Moving your head from side to side and front to back will usually help. Also try rotating your neck in a circle slowly.
Try setting goals using the SMART approach. You can set small goals and work carefully and realistically towards them. Unless a goal is realistic it will add to your stress. Practice by setting a goal using the SMART approach. This is the way to set SMART goals:
SPECIFIC: Choose one little goal and write it down.
MEASURABLE: How will you know when it is done?
ACHIEVABLE: How long will it take to finish it?
REWARDED: When you have finished, how will you reward yourself
TIME-LIMITED: In order to be a SMART goal it must have a realistic finish date and time.
Learn to laugh. The best stress reliever is laughter. Make sure that you have a funny movie or copy of a sitcom that always make you laugh for the times that stress threatens to overwhelm you. Read a funny book or comic, talk to someone who will make you see the funny side of life.
Cope with stress by going for a walk. If the stress is at work, go for a walk at lunchtime. Walking will give you time to look at the situation that is causing you a problem. Any other exercise will also help with stress relief. - 16650
Try to find out what is causing your stress.
See if you can make changes in the areas of your life where you are feeling stress.
Find ways to relax such as massage, deep breathing, meditation, or yoga.
Incorporate physical activity into your lifestyle.
Practice time management. Put your tasks into a priority list. When you make your list take into account yourself, your family, and your job. Using a check list will give you satisfaction when you complete a task.
Sugar, fats, tobacco, caffeine, and alcohol will put stress on your body and will affect the way that your body and mind copes with stress. Eat a healthy diet.
Make sure that you get enough sleep and rest.
Talk with someone if there are things that are bothering you. This can include friends, family, professional counselors, and support groups.
Find someone who needs your help. Helping others can give you a sense of purpose.
Relax by reading a book or watching a movie, listening to music or working at a hobby you enjoy.
Anger can be very stressful. Examine the causes and take action to remove them.
A vacation from your regular life, even if only for a weekend, will help you deal with stress.
Don't take on too much at one time. Learn to take it easy.
Perfection is impossible - don't even try for it.
Remember that being judgemental is likely to do you more harm than the people you are judging
See the funny side of life. Watch funny movies and tv shows.
Your neck and jaw are often the first to feel the effects of stress and tension. Moving your head from side to side and front to back will usually help. Also try rotating your neck in a circle slowly.
Try setting goals using the SMART approach. You can set small goals and work carefully and realistically towards them. Unless a goal is realistic it will add to your stress. Practice by setting a goal using the SMART approach. This is the way to set SMART goals:
SPECIFIC: Choose one little goal and write it down.
MEASURABLE: How will you know when it is done?
ACHIEVABLE: How long will it take to finish it?
REWARDED: When you have finished, how will you reward yourself
TIME-LIMITED: In order to be a SMART goal it must have a realistic finish date and time.
Learn to laugh. The best stress reliever is laughter. Make sure that you have a funny movie or copy of a sitcom that always make you laugh for the times that stress threatens to overwhelm you. Read a funny book or comic, talk to someone who will make you see the funny side of life.
Cope with stress by going for a walk. If the stress is at work, go for a walk at lunchtime. Walking will give you time to look at the situation that is causing you a problem. Any other exercise will also help with stress relief. - 16650
About the Author:
Lillian F Tighe is an authority on healthy living and has written a book 10stepstohealthyliving which is available at no cost on her healthyliving website
