Stress Lessons From A Tea-potWritten by Conrad L.Jones
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I believe that like most people, you too often find yourself in state of hold-buildup-explode, so, here are a few things that can help.
Teapot Training 101 - Health Hazard - One of
 most deadly things about stress is damage it can have on your health. Just as lime build-up accumulated from water sitting in teapot begins to eat away at it from inside, unreleased stress does same to you. Gradually, what was once a strong and reliable teapot, becomes a worn, broken metal can fit for garbage heap. You can't allow this to take place inside you, so you've got to learn to release stress properly. - Use Communication - Most of times, we begin accumulating stress by not being upfront and clear with people we're dealing with, so we end up stuck with this negative energy. Whether with spouse, children, friends, co-workers etc, learn to be clear on your position concerning what you want done, or what can be expected of you. Let them know "this works for me" or "This can be done in this particular timeframe but without this" etc.
- Turn The Heat Off - Sometimes we all find ourselves caught in situations that make our blood boil, but you must learn to either remove heat source or remove yourself from it. Try not to stay in situations that keep increasing your pressure (literally & figuratively) and try often to find other ways to deal with them.
- Turn Off The Earth - Always remember that you need time for yourself. Take breaks from what you're doing; plan a relaxing vacation and take it; take a long drive with friends/family and talk out what's bothering you; sit in a hot bubble bath; do whatever is necessary to release your frustrations at days end. Try a much as possible not to carry yesterday's stress into tomorrow.
Conrad L.Jones is CEO of "KPS Publishing Inc", an organization created to educate, motivate, and equip people working to improve their lives in areas of Godly living, personal finance, relationships, self-improvement and healthy lifestyles. To read more of his articles go to his site www.relationship-helps-and-advice.com
| | Just Do It - Just For TodayWritten by Conrad L.Jones
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So, how do we deal with doing things we know we should do, but don't want to? We simply learn to renew our will everyday. Say Do What??? Here's what I mean. I know I should get up each morning and go through my exercise routine why? simply because I want a healthier body and my work hours don't always allow me to go to gym. "But I don't feel like getting out bed!", well, I could kiss my fading dream of a healthier body goodbye because it'll never happen. I realized that my problem was more mental than anything else, so this is what I did to deal with it. Remember I said earlier, to make this work you need to renew your will each day? Well, first I had to recognize that nothing would ever happen unless I made it happen. Next, I just had to do it today; I stopped looking at exercising for whole week and just concentrated on doing it today, not tomorrow, not yesterday, just today. I Finally Just Did It So, at 6a.m today, I got up, put on my exercise clothes, and got on treadmill for half hour. I told myself, "Conrad, you just have to do it for today, tomorrow may not come, and yesterday is long gone, you only have today." My today, has now become six weeks later. I have actually made it to 6 weeks of exercising 3 days per week and have even increased it to 6 days per week. Remember, this was something I once thought I'd never be able to do, and do you know what else? I'm actually enjoying it so much that now, I don't want to stop. Funny isn't it? Just Do ItSo, whether you want a healthier body, a better diet, more passion/love in your relationship, more education, whatever you desire, just remember to go out and do it for today; not yesterday, not tomorrow, just today. And when tomorrow comes, it will become today.
Conrad L.Jones is CEO of "KPS Publishing Inc", an organization created to educate, motivate, and equip people working to improve their lives in areas of Godly living, personal finance, relationships, self-improvement and healthy lifestyles. To read more of his articles go to his site www.relationship-helps-and-advice.com
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