Guide To A Stress-Free Lifestyle

When you know you’re spreading yourself too thin, especially because you are tired, cranky, and harried, you create unnecessary stress. It feels like you are trying to accomplish too many things at the same time. Therefore, it is crucial to take a step back and restructure personal habits and priorities so you can accomplish what you need to each day and still find some downtime. Trying to change everything at once — such as quitting smoking, fixing your diet, and sleeping nine hours per night — increases the risk of failure as well as stress.

Focus On One Thing At A Time

Individuals are more likely than ever to multitask at work and in their personal lives. However, multitasking isn't the best avenue for reducing stress or even quality work. If you focus on one thing at a time, you can actually accomplish each task and ensure you’re giving it your best. It’s really about quality over quantity. It’s easy to download a to-do list app or to use a notebook or a sticky note to track the tasks you must do each day. While adjusting to a to-do list may seem stressful at first, it can provide a sense of accomplishment when each task gets crossed out. One item at a time!

Simplify Your Schedule

Another thing that will impact individuals, even those who already use to-do lists to stay organized, is they make too many commitments. Those who overcommit typically have the best of intentions, but aren’t being realistic about actually having enough available time. Often what can happen is just when you get your time management skills perfected at work, your boss gives you another assignment, or you have more errands to do for the family.

Individuals often compensate for these situations by dropping an item they want to do for themselves, such as working out, or they push themselves even harder and sacrifice sleep or healthy eating, to meet everyone’s expectations. Not simplifying your schedule can lead not only to high stress, but also burnout.