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2/11/2005
A friend was asking for ideas on dealing with stress. I have always been rather sensitive and easily overwhelmed, so to keep my sanity here are some ways I deal with stress:I journal - a lot. Once the words are on the paper, I don't have to keep them in my head.
Appreciation does wonders. When I am feeling stressed about feeling I have too much to do, I start listing in my head all the things and people I have in my life. I remember many dark times when my life wasn't so good, yet I was sustained. I can feel so blessed today.
I ask myself questions like what is good about this situation, what can I do to make it better, what unrealistic expectations am I having, how can I turn my thinking into something postitive and powerful. Puts you into a much better state than why me?
I stop and pause - I ask myself how I am feeling and what I need.
I control the pace of my life. When I notice I am starting to go non-stop, I postpone a project, decide not to go to an event or take something out of my life to slow it down a bit again. Much of what is in our schedule's we put there. So afraid of missing out on something we choose to do as much as possible that is available to us. Whenever I add a project or committment, I see what I can take out of my schedule. That goes for my kids too.
I make sure I have a daily quiet time, exercise 4-5 times a day, get my fruits and veggies and try to look my best. When I start sleeping too much, or getting really sloppy I know something is off in my life. Also, if I start to feel numb, chances are there are some major feelings there that have just been stuffed down. So I start writing and writing till the feelings start to flow. Then I can deal with them.
Lastly, I am putting only the 3-6 things that I absolutely have to get done today and putting them on a 3 X 5 index card which I tape to my computer monitor.
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posted by Beth Dargis on 2/11/2005 10:06:00 AM | ⊗