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1.  Organize.  Disorganization produces confusion and stress.  Organization establishes an element of predictability.

2.  Seek opportunity from challenges.  We reduce our stress when we use it as an opportunity.

3.  Create an environment that reduces stress.  Our environment influences how we feel in many situations.

4.  Do not procrastinate.  Procrastination is a stress producer.

5.  Choose your friends carefully.  Choosing positive individuals to be your friend is a key to minimizing stress. It allows you to share your burden, increase your strengths, and create solutions to problems.

6.  Eat well.  Take vitamins as well as eat nutritious foods.  It would be wise to take very good care of yourself physically and mentally to have good stamina.

7.  Exercise regularly.  This is a great means for releasing stress

8.  Get proper rest.  We need rest to regain energy.

9.  Recognize your values.  Focus on what is important to you.

10.  Properly channel your anger.  Discuss your anger issues with a friend or professional and develop a healthy release for your anger.

11.  Do a reality check.  Take a step back from life and reflect on the reality.  What can you change, have control over and accept in your life?

12.  Stabilize your situation.  Be open and honest to yourself.

13.  Decrease life distractions.  Discover your own getaway where you can relax.

14.  Keep a sense of humor.  Learn to laugh at yourself.

15.  Do not participate in gossip.  This creates a stressful circumstance for others.

16.  Treat yourself.  Get a spa treatment or stay in a luxury hotel.

17.  Pace Yourself.  Manage your time well to avoid anxiety.

18.  Don’t be a SuperSingle.  Refrain from saying “yes” to every request.

19.  Learn stress reducing techniques.  Keep items with you that help with your stressful situations.

20.  Develop your spiritual life.  Prayer, mediation and spiritual reflection are “peaceful to the soul”. Discover ways to become more centered with your life.

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