Putting Your Life in Perspective
Do you often overreact to situations? Are you a constant
worrier? Do you look at the glass as always half empty?
One of the greatest stress management tools you can possess is
the ability to put everything into perspective. How you perceive
your life has a profound effect on how you deal with stress and
your level of happiness.
For an event to be a stressor, we first need to perceive it as
such. What if we were to take note of the little daily demands
that we find stressful and experiment with changing our
perception of these demands?
Look at your commute to work in heavy traffic as an opportunity
to listen to your favorite music or motivational CD. How about
using your supper preparation as a time to spend with the kids?
Get them involved in some way. Stress is in the eye of the
beholder. What may be one person