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Developing A Stress Management System That Does Not Require A Large Amount Effort Relative To Time And Energy
A stress management plan doesn't necessarily require a long time and energy. Many times it is just making a commitment to reduce the amount of stress that you experienced, by taking several small, but important, steps toward improving your present health and well-being.
An excellent place to begin with your stress management plan is by identifying 5 activities that you love participating in. These might be all sorts of things from reading a good quality book, to taking a long walk on the beach.
If you have hobbies that you just enjoy spending time on, make sure to include these as part of your list. Other choices may very well be things you have always wished to do, but never got around to, or stuff you used to enjoy, but haven't had any time for lately.
The only stipulation is always that they are activities which are not related to work, or another cause of stress to you.
Take an inventory of at least 2 things that you more often than not do, that you probably shouldn't be doing, or can live without doing. This list can include items like bringing work home from your office, doing your teenagers laundry, cooking huge meals throughout the week, after working all day etc...
These are things that will not cause the world to falter, should you stop doing them.
Make a list of at least 2 things that you most likely should have done by now, but didn't. Things you are actually postponing, or troubles you haven't been addressing directly.
If you've been meaning to call your insurance agent for the past couple 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 things down.
After all this your 3 lists can become a goal sheet. Your stress management plan will look like this
Immediately I am going to
-Spend no less than 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 list 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 while. (List the 2 things that your wrote previous under this section.)
When the body has relaxed and has de-stressed, that's the time when your body and mind can function at its most effective levels, allowing you to work better and longer. The heart and soul of a stress management plan is after all giving yourself time to stop and relax.
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