Many Ways To Manage Stress

If you don’t manage stress, it will find a way to manage you. Stress can be very invasive in your life. You might be blaming the boss, the car mechanic or your spouse for your stress. You can’t control what other people do or say, but you can manage the smaller irritations in your world  and choose to reduce your stress.

Here are a three common stress triggers that can easily be tamed:

Clutter – The more “stuff” you have, the more time and attention it requires to maintain. One way to reduce that demand is to eliminate some of the “stuff” that you don’t really need.  Start by going room by room.  Pledge to give away or throw away at least two unneeded items from every room. And don’t just do this once, do it once a month.

Buy Less – You brought that clutter into the house, so don’t bring in more. Before you buy a new wok or 26-piece baking set, think about how often you would actually use those items. Do you have any other kitchen equipment that can double for the same purposes?

Do you have a Clothes Horse that  Needs Taming?  – Buying clothes is a kind of closet clutter addiction that can get out of control. Clothing isn’t just something on a hanger. You have to wash, mend, press or take it to the dry cleaners.  Remember if you have an over-stuffed closet, it’s actually harder to get dressed in the morning. Too many choices become stressful – as does not being able to find the other shoe, so you waste time.

These are just a few ways to manage stress by dealing with the things in your home. You can  and should apply the same strategy to the “stuff” in your office.

So what are you going to do with your “stuff”?