MAKE YOUR LIFE FEEL EASIER

If not all the time, maybe at times you can turn down your personal pressure with these 43 proven ways.

1. Get up 15 minutes earlier to make inevitable morning mishaps less stressful.
2. Eliminate or restrict caffeine.
3. Take a bath or shower to relieve tension.
4. Get ready each evening for the next day.
5. Do nothing that would lead you to tell a lie afterwards.
6. Practice preventive maintenance so your car or appliances won’t breakdown “at the worst possible moment”.
7. Be prepared to wait.
8. Do today what you want to do tomorrow.
9. Plan ahead.
10. Don’t put up with anything that doesn’t work right.
11. Get it fixed or replaced.
12. Always set up contingency plans, just in case.
13. Relax your standards.
14. Make duplicates of all keys, and know where they are.
15. Don’t rely on your memory. Write things down.
16. Distinguish between real needs and mere preferences. Don’t get attached to preferences.
17. Say no to projects, social activities and invitations you know you don’t have time or energy for.
18. Count your blessings.
19. Make friends with non-worriers.
20. Get up and stretch periodically.
21. Get enough sleep.
22. Learn deep breathing techniques.
23. Write down your thoughts and feelings to clarify them.
24. Try the technique of exhaling slowly to dissolve tension.
25. Change your activity or environment to divert pressure.
26. Talk out problems with a trusted friend.
27. Try to select personal and professional environments that fit your needs and desires.
28. Do something for somebody else.
29. Become more flexible.
30. Learn to live one day at a time.
31. Do something you enjoy everyday.
32. Focus on understanding and loving rather than being understood and being loved.
33. Do something to improve your appearance.
34. Schedule your day realistically.
35. Don’t belittle yourself.
36. Use your weekend for a change of pace.
37. Take care of today the best you can-yesterdays and tomorrows will take care of themselves.
38. Do one thing at a time.
39. Allow yourself time everyday for privacy, quiet and introspection.
40. Do especially unpleasant tasks early in the day, and get them over with.
41. Learn to delegate responsibility.
42. Have a forgiving and optimistic view of the world.
43. Simplify, simplify, simplify.