Are you having trouble concentrating? Are you struggling
with a project that doesn't seem to be going anywhere? Are
you dealing with people who simply will not listen to sense?
Are you frustrated with the way things are going? Congratulations,
you have stress. Okay, this is not really something to be
congratulated on, but it is important to understand this
fact. After all, the beginning of the "How to relieve
stress" problem begins with recognizing the warning
signs. Then, once the warning signs are seen, healing can
begin.
The first thing to do when you want to know how to relieve
stress is to learn how to walk away. That's right, get up,
go someplace else, and just cool off. It is often vital
to hit that reset button and take a few deep breaths away
from the action. The work will still be there when you get
back, but being there beyond your breaking point will not
get it done. An overabundance of things to do will not be
helped by a clouded mind, so give your mind a break. Then,
once your head is clear again, you can head back and bang
out the projects with the greatest of ease. Or at least
more ease than when you were sitting in front of a pile
of work and wondering how you would get through it all.
Okay, so you need a break, you have walked away, but you
are still so stressed that you are ready to pop. Unfortunately,
the previous lesson on how to relieve stress has not worked
and you need something more powerful. Well, you need to
pull out a better method. This means that you need to simply
concentrate on nothing.
When stress is way too much for a simple period of walking
away, you need to practice an exercise in meditation. This
means sitting down, closing your eyes, and thinking about
absolutely nothing. Unfortunately, it is very difficult
to think about nothing, so you should think about your breathing.
Take a deep breath in and feel the air moving through your
nostrils, down your windpipe, and into your lungs. Then
push that breath out and feel it moving all the way up from
your diaphragm, up into your lungs through your windpipe
and out of your nostrils. Feel every motion of the air and
notice how it feels as it exits. Imagine your tension flowing
out with the air, evaporating into the endless space of
the atmosphere, diluting into a complete dilution of oxygen.
Think about nothing but breathing and notice every moment
of the experience. Then, after about 3 or 4 breaths -- or
as many as it takes -- open your eyes. You should feel as
refreshed as though you just took a quick, refreshing nap.
If you don't repeat the exercise until your mind is clear
and you are able to concentrate on your work again.
These activities are very effective for a short period
of time, but you will also need a method for relieving stress
in the long run. After all, it is taxing to notice that
you are under stress and it takes a great deal of will to
make that leap and push away all those feelings. Thus, you
need a way to relieve stress in the long term.
In the long term, the best method to choose, when you want
to know how to relieve stress, is to do what you always
say you are going to do: eat right, exercise, and get enough
sleep at night. Yes, we all say that we will do it, but
none of us every actually follow through. But, if you eat
right, you will feel better during the day, if you exercise,
you will feel better during the day and sleep better at
night, and if you sleep enough, you will actually clear
away all that fogginess that can lead to stress. So do your
body and your mind a favor by taking care of those little
things that you keep telling yourself you will do tomorrow.
After all, today was yesterday's tomorrow.
When you want to know how to relieve stress, you should
begin with a few simple methods as you slowly build up your
will power to tackle the larger work of exercising, eating
right, and getting the sleep you need. By doing all of these
things, your mind will be cleared up, you will feel better
during the day, you will sleep better at night, and you
will not have to worry about stress nearly as much. After
all, once you are relieving stress routinely, you won't
have to worry about how to relieve stress.
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