52 Proven Stress Reducers
The American Lung Association has a handout with 52 stress reducers. There are lots of good suggestions, some of them common sense or familiar, but worth remembering. Here are some that strike a chord with me:
1. Get up fifteen minutes earlier in the morning. The inevitable morning mishaps will be less stressful.
2. Prepare for the morning the evening before. Set the breakfast table. Make lunches. Put out the clothes you plan to wear, etc.
3. Don’t rely on your memory. Write down appointment times, when to pick up the laundry, when library books are due, etc. (”The palest ink is better than the most retentive memory.”- Old Chinese Proverb)
15. Pollyanna-Power! For every one thing that goes wrong, there are probably 10 or 50 or 100 blessings. Count ‘em!
19. Turn “needs” into preferences. Our basic physical needs translate into food, water, and keeping warm. Everything else is a preference. Don’t get attached to preferences.
37. Do a favour for someone every day.
38. Focus on understanding rather than on being under stood, on loving rather than on being loved.
51. Forgive people and events. Accept that we live in an imperfect world.
If stress is a problem for you, maybe this list can be a one-year project to bring it under control. Focus on changing one behaviour per week to line up with the 52 stress reducers.
52 Proven Stress Reducers - American Lung Association site
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