| We all do what we need to do to survive, "get by", | | | | costs nothing is a "three second vacation". For three |
| and deal with the stressors of modern life: Stress at | | | | seconds, close your eyes and let your mind transport |
| home, stress in our relationships, stress at work. In all of | | | | you to the most relaxing place on earth - sights, |
| these, good, bad, or ugly, the stress that accumulates | | | | sounds, scents, everything. Breathe it all in deeply for |
| adds to the load we're already carrying through life. | | | | three seconds and then resume your activity (extend |
| Thankfully, we are surrounded with abundant | | | | duration and/or repeat as many times throughout the |
| information on how to productively quarantine, reduce, | | | | day as necessary). |
| or ideally dissipate the stress - the question is have we | | | | On a larger scale, use some of the most gratifying |
| looked into it yet? | | | | activities you have come to enjoy to assist in the |
| There are none more powerful in managing the | | | | battle against stress. They don't necessarily need to |
| symptoms of stress than ourselves and so we are | | | | cost anything (it doesn't cost much to take a sketch |
| charged with the responsibility of keeping tabs on how | | | | pad out to draw a landscape or to get out and climb a |
| we are allowing stressors to affect us psychologically | | | | tree...preferably your own tree) but a reasonable |
| and ultimately, physically. It is important for those dealing | | | | expense is also acceptable (a ride along the coast on |
| with stress in the workplace or at home to find | | | | a sunny day top-down in a rented convertible, a round |
| practical methods to incorporate daily to prevent | | | | of golf, or a session out on the community airfield with |
| stress-induced deficiency. We need to practice | | | | a radio controlled airplane...however, if the expense or |
| removing ourselves from our everyday stressors, | | | | challenge of the mechanism adds stress, please find |
| even if for a few seconds at a time while right in the | | | | another coping mechanism to use). |
| middle of them, in order to avoid the anxiety and | | | | We're all different and there's no sense in stressing |
| depression so easily invoked by chronic stress. | | | | about choosing coping mechanisms so find your fun |
| One particularly inconspicuous strategy that is fun and | | | | and you'll discover a mechanism that works for you! |