"HOW TO REDUCE STRESS"

Tips for Stress Reduction



PRAY. Make quiet time with Jesus a daily habit.

GO TO BED ON TIME. Get enough sleep.

GET UP ON TIME so you can start the day unrushed.

SAY NO to projects that won’t fit into your time schedule, or that will compromise your mental health.

DELEGATE tasks to others who are capable.

LAUGH.

ALLOW EXTRA TIME to do things and to get to places.

PACE YOURSELF. Spread out big changes and difficult projects over time, when possible; don’t lump the hard things all together.

CONCENTRATE on things you have direct control over – yourself and your habits – rather than on things that you have little or no control over.

GET ORGANIZED so everything has its place.

SEPARATE WORRIES FROM CONCERNS. If a situation is valid concern, find out what God would have you to do about it. If you’re worried about something that you cant of shouldn’t do anything about, then put it in His hands.

LIVE WITHIN YOUR BUDGET. Don’t buy things on credit if you don’t have to.

TAKE ONE DAY AT A TIME.

HAVE BACKUPS – an extra car key in your wallet; an extra house key buried in the garden; extra postage stamps; extra batteries for your flashlight, cell phone, etc.; back up your computer files.

DO YOUR DAILY BIBLE DEVOTION. Carry God’s word with you to read while waiting or during spare moments.

TAKE YOUR WORK SERIOUSLY, but yourself not at all.

FEED YOUR SOUL. Use the time while driving or riding in your car or at home doing household chores to listen to Bible-based radio programs, CDs or MP3’s that can help improve your quality of life.

KEEP A FOLDER OR A FILE OF FAVORITE VERSES.
Or memorize one favorite verse a day.

BE THANKFUL. Remember that the shortest bridge between despair and hope is often a hearth “Thank you Jesus!”

SLOW DOWN.

GET ENOUGH EXERCISE.

SIMPLIFY AND DECLUTTER YOUR LIFE.

DEVELOP A FORGIVING ATTITUDE.

BE KIND TO UNKIND PEOPLE.

EAT RIGHT.
THANK GOD for what is coming, because He won’t send you anything that you and He can’t handle together.

HAVING PROBLEMS? Talk to God on the spot. Try to nip small problems in the bud. Don’t wait until it’s time to go to bed and try and pray.