Great ideas and a very thoughtful post. We tend to “clutter” our minds with far too many expectations. Stopping to realize that real control comes from within us allows us to stop the madness we call stress.

Meditation is great for relieving stress. Telling yourself that you “Have” to meditate can actually be a detriment. I rarely have time or the mental calmness to spend more than 15-30 minutes to meditate. I find that even stopping for a few moments to just focus on my breathing whenever I feel the beginnings of stress can just as effective.

Thank you for your thoughts,
Roger

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Nice post! I think meditation is particularly effective.

It also helps to expect to feel stressed at times and not fight it. Ironically, I find that this helps reduce the stress.

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Great post! Learning to let go of stress is such a good thing. In addition to some of your points I would say while organization is good it’s also good to sometimes just our days flow. As you said Meditation and sometimes losing control are good ways to find that flow.

Thanks again.
Kevin

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Thank you for visiting my site and I hope to keep in interesting and fun Sherri

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I also thank you for not explicitly listing your other “stress relievers” Thanks for stopping by again!