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Stress Management Tip No. 2 - Get Fitter !
Exercise daily. Don't smoke. Don't drink alcohol. Drink lots of water. Eat vegetarian.
Don't believe me? Try it for 2 weeks (you might be a little grumpy to start) and let me know how you went.
PS I don't follow this advice most of the time.........but I feel very good when I do !
Stress Management Tip No. 3 - Set Goals
Go and find a quiet spot where you won't be disturbed for 30 minutes, preferably away from any distractions. Take a pen and paper. Sit for ten minutes and try to clear your head of any thoughts. Now, draw a line on your piece of paper, at one end of the line imagine one dimension of your perfect life. To define your "perfect" life may be difficult, so start with something simple - i.e. what type of car would you like to drive in your perfect life? Let's call this Goal A. Now draw a circle at one end of your line and write in the circle whatever you have defined Goal A to be. Now, decide how close you are to achieving Goal A in your real life. If you are close then place an "X" near to the Goal A circle, if you are a long way away in real terms, then place your "X" further away on your line. Next, imagine the steps that you have to take to move the "X" nearer to your Goal. In fact, don't just imagine them please write them down ! Each step might actually be made up of several sub-steps i.e. STEP = get money, SUB-STEP = find job etc. The further you are away probably means that there are more steps to take.
Order your steps and sub-steps into a logical sequence.
When you have finished this task you should now have a clear plan how to achieve ONE dimension of your "perfect" life. Can you achieve the steps ? If you can then start - the longest journey begins with a single step. If the steps are literally IMPOSSIBLE - then you probably need to redefine your GOAL.
The outcome of this exercise should be less stress because you have lined up your ACTIONS with your GOALS, or at least got them a lot closer.
More on this in the next edition......I'd be interested in your thoughts so far.....
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