Stress Relief
- 10 Tips
Here are 10 stress relief tips...
1. Retrain your self-talk,
to remove selfish from your vocabulary and replace it with
self-care. In order for you to take care of the people you
love you need to take care of yourself first. Friends, family,
loved ones look to you as a model, make sure to model self-care,
taking time to play, relax, and read. This is especially important
for parents; this will give your children the confidence to
have the same healthy behaviors.
2. Give yourself time for
delays and unexpected events. When mapping out your day add
an extra hour cushion to your schedule. This extra time will
give you stress relief and running on time if some of your
appointments are delayed, or if you run into someone you haven't
seen in a while, so you can enjoy a spontaneous conversation
without the guilt of running behind schedule.
3. Balance out your commitments.
A great way to cut down on a hectic schedule and get stress
relief is to balance out all new activities by removing an
old activity. Don't add anything new, work, classes, volunteer
activities, etc unless you first remove something from your
schedule to balance it out. This will help you to let go of
projects and time wasters that no longer serve you.
4. No is not a bad word, in
fact, it's not only a complete sentence it's a great stress
reducing word. There is no need to justify or explain when
you say no to someone's request. Just give them a friendly
smile thank them for including you and tell them you can't
do it this time. If you are having trouble getting used to
saying no right away, tell the person you need some time to
think about it, then call them later and decline to be involved
this time.
5. Maximize your commute and
errands. If you have errands to run for business or home combine
them to one trip. Make doctor’s appointments for yourself
or your family members back to back and see if you can get
appointments first thing in the morning before the doctor
is running behind. Order you business supplies online to save
time, most business supply websites can store your most frequently
ordered purchases in a file so all you have to do is select
the item you want and have it delivered with just one click.
6. Improve your home environment
one room at a time. Even if you have the budget for a complete
makeover, remodeling and redecorating can be very time consuming
and stressful projects. Try working on just one room at a
time. Pick a few rooms in your house that you enjoy the most
and spend most of your time in when your home. Select your
favorite and create an environment that is pleasing to the
eye and gives you comfort and positive energy. This will give
you a haven in your home and the encouragement to tackle another
room when you're ready.
7. Being spontaneous is a
very exhilarating feeling that gives you a real sense of freedom.
Make sure to leave time in your life every week to be spontaneous.
Cutting things out of your life that are time zappers and
stressful will also give you the energy to be spontaneous.
Keep at least two weekends a month free from scheduled activities.
Then you can decide to take a short trip, have a date with
your partner, a special family event, or kick your feet up
and do absolutely nothing and feel wonderful about it.
8. Get stress releif by highlighting
those time wasters. Instead of just making up another long
to do list so you can beat your self up about all the things
you didn't and couldn't possible have accomplished in one
day. Make a realistic to do list. Put the things that are
most important to YOU on the top, then next to each item list
the amount of time you think it will take to get it done.
This will help you get your important things done and show
you where your time wasters are.
9. Under promise and over
deliver. This is very useful in business and in your life.
By selecting reasonable deadlines you avoid the stress of
crunch time, use your time effectively and you will be able
to finish ahead of schedule giving you satisfaction for a
job well done and turned in early.
10. Define what life and work
without stress would look like to you. Describe what your
ideal schedule is, what leisure activities you want to do
and who you want to spend time with. By creating a detailed
image of what a stress free schedule looks like, you can begin
to take the steps necessary to clearing out the stress.
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