Developing A Stress Management System That Does Not Need A Bunch Of Time And Energy
A stress management plan doesn't necessarily require a long time and energy. Often it is just setting a commitment to reduce the amount of stress that you experienced, if you take just a few small, but significant, steps toward strengthening your overall health and well-being.
An excellent place to begin with your stress management plan is by finding 5 activities that you choose and enjoy participating in. These may be anything from reading a very good book, to taking a long walk on the beach.
Should you have hobbies which you enjoy spending time on, be sure to include these in your list. Other choices could be stuff you have always planned to do, but never got around to, or stuff you used to enjoy, but haven't had any time for lately.
The only one stipulation is usually that they are activities that are not associated with work, or another cause of stress in your life.
Do a list of at least 2 things that you almost always do, that you probably should not be doing, or can live without doing. This list can include items like bringing work home from the office, doing your teens laundry, cooking huge meals during the week, after working all day etc...
These are things that will not cause the world to falter, in the event you stop doing them.
Create a list of at least 2 things that you most likely should have done by now, but didn't. Stuff you are actually postponing, or problems you haven't been dealing with directly.
If you've been meaning to call your insurance broker within the last couple weeks, but haven't, if you have been thinking of dusting the cob-webs on the front entry way for a month, but haven't, write those things down.
At this point your 3 lists can become a goal sheet. Your stress levels management plan looks like this
Immediately I am going to
-Spend a minimum of 15 minutes every single day doing one of the things I enjoy. (List the 5 items you wrote earlier under this section.)
-Eliminate 2 needless tasks from my listing of things you can do. (List the 2 things that you wrote earlier under this section.)
-Tackle 2 things that you have been putting off for a time. (List the 2 things that your wrote previous under this section.)
When the body has relaxed and has de-stressed, that is the time when your body and mind can perform at its ideal levels, letting you work better and longer. The heart and soul of a stress management plan is after all giving one's self time to stop and relax.
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