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Developing A Stress Management System That Does Not Require A Bunch With Regard To Time And Energy
A stress management plan doesn't necessarily require a long time and energy. More often than not it is just making a commitment to reduce the amount of stress in your life, by taking several small, but meaningful, steps toward improving your present health and well-being.
The best place to start your stress management plan is by pinpointing 5 activities that you love participating in. These may be nearly anything from reading a good quality book, to taking a long walk on the beach.
When you have hobbies that you enjoy spending time on, make sure you include these in your list. Additional options could possibly be stuff you have always wished to do, but never got around to, or things that you used to enjoy, but haven't had enough time for lately.
The only stipulation is that they're activities which are not linked to work, or another cause of stress in your life.
Do a list of at least 2 things that you typically do, that you probably should not be doing, or can live without doing. This list can include things like bringing work home from your office, doing your teenagers laundry, cooking huge meals during the week, after working all day etc...
Most are stuff that will not likely cause the world to fall apart, if you stop doing them.
Create a list with a minimum of 2 things that you probably really should have done by now, but didn't. Stuff you are already putting off, or problems you have not been managing directly.
If you have been meaning to call your insurance agent for the past few weeks, but haven't, if you have been planning on dusting the cob-webs on the front entry way for a month, but haven't, write those ideas down.
After all this your 3 lists will now become a goal sheet. Your stress threshold management plan will look similar to this
Immediately I most certainly will
-Spend at the very least 15 minutes every day doing one of the things I enjoy. (List the 5 items you wrote earlier under this section.)
-Get rid of 2 needless tasks from my listing of things to do. (List the 2 things that you wrote earlier under this section.)
-Handle 2 things that you have been putting off for some time. (List the 2 things that your wrote previously under this section.)
When the body has rested and has de-stressed, that is the time when your mind and body can work at its most effective levels, allowing you to work better and longer. The essence of a stress management plan is after all giving one's self time to stop and relax.
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