Managing Stress and Time
Managing stress and time is a rewarding achievement that all
must maintain in order to reach success. Each day we wake up, we
begin by stressing to meet deadlines, demands, and finding time
to spend with our family, selves and friends. This seems
virtually impossible since there are only 24-hours in a single
day and at least of eight of those hours are consumed with
sleep.
The challenge of maintaining stress and time brings forth many
obstacles, and most times, we find it difficult to maintain. In
this article, we are going to work some techniques that help
reduce stress and add more time to your management scheme. See,
stress is a direct result of not handling your emotions in
accordance to the many stressors that attack your life. The key
then is finding a solution to get in touch with your emotions.
When our emotions are in a sudden outburst, we often suffer
tremendous and lack the ability to function to our fullest
capacity.
Emotions can also affect how we hear people talk, and how we
talk to people. This is called irrational behavior since the
mind is not thinking to its capacity. The key then is finding a
"rational emotive behavior therapy (REBT)," that works best for
your mind. REBT is an action process that requires the
individual to approach his or her emotions, while providing them
the support to stay in contact with who they are and at the same
time find a resolve within self. The plan makes it a convenient
method in approaching life's problems in full light, while
overcoming stress.
The therapy technique requires only a few minutes of your time
each day. We can start by telling our minds to think positive
and believe in what we are telling ourselves. Emotions are a
strong force we want to stop before they take control of our
lives. If we have negative emotions, it affects our time
management scheme since negative emotions puts fear and doubt
into our heads.
Thinking Positive:
We all must remember that we are responsible for decisions and
behaviors, and that stress is the product of irrational
thinking. By learning how to think reasonable and keeping a
positive outlook on life, it is possible to manage stress and
time. To learn we must practice. Practice makes perfect! This
means that you will take a few minutes per day to tell yourself
that you are responsible for you, and that you have full control
of your mind and the decisions you make.
You have control of your behavior and no one else. Once you have
accepted responsibility of your actions and decisions you will
soon find the rest an easy road to travel. In other words, you
will soon follow a pattern of wise decisions, when you learn to
trust self and accept that we all make mistakes. Mistakes are
common, but the key to success is learning from your mistakes.
If you are stressed as a result of overloads in the workplace,
home, and world, then you need to set up some space for
yourself.
This means that your time management scheme will need thoughtful
planning so that you achieve a specific level of time to manage
your stress. Putting off your responsibilities is the process of
creating more problems. Therefore, it is important that you
create a plan and carrying out the responsibilities as soon as
possible. This is putting your plans into action. Action is the
process of making something work. When you are working toward
goals, things will run smoothly since your plan is in place.
Once you reach your short-term goals, the next step is working
to achieve your long-term goal, which requires more action on
your part and follow the same golden rules. So take the time out
each day to think positive, since motivation is essential for
time management and reducing stress. Do not get caught up in
self-punishment, which can only bring you down and stumble your
time management scheme. Risks are fine as long as you do not
have danger in your way. Remember taking risks is a part of
life, and this article is geared to dare you to take the risk to
become more productive in your everyday life.