The 9 Most Important Steps You Can Take to Beat Stress Today
If you want to beat stress today then you need these 9 stress busting tips.
-Volunteering If you give yourself to helping others it will help you feel better about yourself.
-Proper Rest You need to start to take care of your body.
You need to have a regular routine so you body can get through the rigors of daily life.
This means making sure you get seven hours of sleep every night.
You need to go to bed at a regular time when possible.
-Exercise If you exercise at least 30 minutes 4 days week (it can be as simple a getting of the train to work one stop away from your destination) it will increase your energy levels which will improve the way you feel.
Also a by-product of physical exercise is the release of endorphins which will give you a nice happy buzz and feel more content.
-Goal Setting Stress can manifest itself as you look at projects and they overwhelm you.
You don't know where to begin.
The way to overcome this feeling is to break down the overall project into tiny pieces.
It is like writing a book.
If you say I will write five pages a day; then before you know it the book is coming a long and you can see yourself finishing it.
-Meditation Take time at the start of you day to chill out, sit in a quiet place close your eyes and just concentrate on your breathing forgetting about everything else.
Contemplate for 20 minutes and then the rest of the day will not seem so daunting.
-Self Growth You need to think about taking up a hobby.
Everyone has something they have always wanted to do but haven't.
Now is the time to put away all those excuses and make it happen.
A good hobby is rewarding but also a way of escape and relaxing.
-One Thing at a Time You need to just concentrate on one task and a time and do it well.
Life is to fast paced and we get caught up multi-tasking which isn't good for our health.
It is time to slow down and you will be surprised how much you get done doing one thing at a time.
-Treat Yourself Everyone says don't eat chocolate it is bad for you health blah, blah, blah.
Forget that everything is good in moderation.
The intake of complex carbs releases serotonin which is great for ones mood.
-It Time To Be Brave This is the most important of my tips.
You need to tackle you problems head on.
Do not think "Oh, I will deal with that later".
It will only cause stress and become more complicated the longer you don't overcome that problem.
In most cases the problem will be much easier to overcome than you think and once it is dealt with you will feel much better.
Life is complicated and we all get stressful.
It is time to take some positive action and these steps to combat stress will soon have you feeling better and back in control of your life.