Strategies for Stress Management

Here is a checklist to get your day started right!

We found this posting on a Internet news group. It was posted by Cathy R., who runs a New Jersey-based support group called People Helping Others Become Independent. She said it was fine to share it with you! Isn't the internet a wonderful place?

* Find supportive, understanding and encouraging friends.
* Don’t put off till tomorrow what can be done today.
* Leave the past behind.
* Take care of yourself, physically.
* Avoid the impossible dream.
* Know your value, strengths and weaknesses.
* Don’t say yes when you mean no.
* Get mad, vent anger in a positive way.
* Talk, talk and talk. Find a support group.
* Visualize methods of coping if things go wrong.
* Avoid stressful situations.
* Laugh
* Be polite, you’ll like yourself better.
* Be well groomed, you’ll feel better.
* Be flexible, adapt to change.
* Communication, don’t shut it off.
* Take responsibility.
* Relax, yoga, meditation and massage.
* Slow down.
* One step at a time.
* Spirituality, go to church.
* Manage your time.
* Organize your life.
* Be spontaneous, 24 hours a day.
* Contribution: People Helping Others Become Independent