Top 10 Tips to Manage Stress and Improve Your LIfestyle

By Annie Bower

Stress is the common by-product of modern day life. The world has become a global village and so people are adopting flexible work times to suit business needs, resulting in prolonged shifts and unattractive working hours. Pressure to perform and meet expectations pushes us to our limits. Work environment and relationship with colleagues also affects our experience at work.

These add to our stress level in addition to our personal life demands. But there are several ways to minimize and manage stress in our everyday life-

1. Sleep is vital. Sleep for at least 8 hours a day. Give your body the rest it needs to repair the wear and tear throughout the day. Sleep needs to be continuous not fragmented.

2. Eat well and rotate your menu for new items everyday. You should provide your body with all the nutrients it needs. You should eat on time and never starve yourself to complete pending tasks. If you need it you can take vitamin supplements which provide your immune system and body with the boost and energy it needs. Vitamin supplements are safe to use under Medical supervision.

3. Practice deep breathing exercises regularly. It increases the flow of natural tranquilizing hormones in our body and promotes a general feeling of wellness.

4. Learn to say "No". Even if you are asked by your higher management to do things which may stress you, like extending shifts or coming to work on your days off. Learn to say 'Sorry' and 'No'. Provide your body with the rest it needs, so that it can perform at its optimum in the long run.

5. Don't take work home. Your blackberry should not buzz for work emails or calls when at home. If needed turn it off.

6. Spend quality times with family and friends. They expect you to talk and laugh with them, and not get buried in your laptop.

7. Laugh where ever you can at work. Take pleasure in every little thing you do. Enjoy and share those forwarded mails and breaks with your colleagues.

8. Use your earned vacations or take a trip. You need a break at least once a year and you deserve it. Do not let monotony hamper your work-life experience.

9. Delegate work. You cannot do everything yourself. Use your trusted subordinates to manage some of your work. It will make them happy and feel important as well relieve you.

10. Stay Positive. We can never eliminate stress from our life. This is the natural reaction of body to any kind of work. But, we can certainly cope and stay positive if we are serious about dealing with the problem. Stress is a part of life, but the person who can manage it the best will be the winner.



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how are you feeling right now?

siapa tau dalam kegembiraan dan gila2 seseorang tu dia sebenarnya tgh sedih???hmmm....susah nak detect especially kalau org tu dah expert psl hiding feelings ni. tak tau la nak ckp mcm mana...hehe...kenapa tiba2 aku ungkitkan psl benda ni???ntah la...tiba2 rasa nak story ckit tentang orang yang suka diamkan diri dan coverkan prasaan doirang dgn buat benda lain or bzkan diri...the BIG question is, knp diorang nak sembunyikan perasaan diorang? setahu aku, expressing feelings is a simple thing to be done. and u can show or say it to anyone. and feelings SHOULD be expressed, not kept silent. kalau diam2 je, i believe it will bring bad things to the person. like what? depression of course...yela, kalau dah simpan banyak sgt benda dalam kepala sampai langsung tak luah, mesti la kemurungan akan berlaku. rasanya la...hehehe....aku bukan pakar psikologi. lagi satu, aku actually respect ngn org yang pandai sgt sembunyikan prsaan especially sedih ni. sebab? walau dalam apa keadaan sekalipun, orang takkan prasan yang dia tengah down. kat depan org mcm takde ape pun terjadi kat dia, padahal mcm2 perkara dah jadi kt dia terutamanya prkara yg melibatkan prasaan, yg membuat dia rasa sedih....pelik kan???aku dah kenal ramai org mcm ni, tap2 satu ada cara sendiri nak "kurangkan" tekanan yang diorang rasa. yang paling normal adalah mintak perhatian orang. mintak tu, mintak ni sampai kita jadi boring asyik nak layan dia je. spesis lagi satu buat modification kat diri diorang. contoh? kerat tangan sampai berdarah...siap karang puisi lagi. satu lagi spesis suka sgt buat bnda2 pelik. fesyen pun tukar...jadi la emo. ni pun normal gak coz mmg ramai la golongan ni sekarang...hishhh...tak tau dah nak sambung apa, so aku chow dulu. nak tdow la. ngantuk giler!babai...

relief+anxious

fuhhh...what a stressful day. in fact the whole week is so stressful. for me, it's just bcoz of so many things that we need to do, but still haven't started yet. plus, minggu ni banyak plak test and quiz. haishhhh...tadi baru habis test akaun. huh! nampak je senang, tapi bila buat, adehhhh...hanya tuhan yang tau. se-confident mana pun aku, tetap gak tak dapat jawab dengan betul. tapi takpe, aku rasa aku dah buat yang terbaik. and yang bestnya, hari ni aku i think this is the first time i buat akaun tu dengan confident. maybe tak banyak, tapi tetap confident coz sebelum ni aku takut2 nak buat. takut salah...yes, salah tu adalah sebahagian dari proses blajar, tapi kalau dah asyik salah, takkan nak tolerate lagi kan???tapi honestly aku memang tak faham konsep subjek akaun ni. and i think this is the only subject that i couldn't catch up. arghhh!!!tension!!!kenapa subjek yang melibatkan nombor harus membunuh aku?why???tapi hari ni aku rasa bersyukur sangat2 coz kawan aku sanggup tolong aku faham sikit subjek ni. thanx to ain, yana, akma, dll...aku salut u all sbb sanggup tahan dgn kerenah aku. ok la, enough on that!

tu baru test, tak masuk lagi part assignment! esok insyaallah kitorang nak buat kerja luar untuk assignment. deadline tak lama lagi, so kitorang kena buat secepat mungkin. kalau tak memang takkan siap. nak tak nak, kena la jugak...hmmm

one more thing, hari ni aku rasa down sangat. tak tau la knp. rasa nak berseorangan. tak nak orang kacau. so aku off kan hp. kenapa aku rasa mcm ni???apa yang dah aku buat? what did i do to deserve this??? why is this feeling keeps bothering me? what should i do? tell me!!!

terkenang [sayu mode]

hari ni rasa sayu je bila bangun...ntah apa mimpi aku mlm td. aku dah tak ingat. yela, mimpi bukan sesuatu yang kita boleh ingat 100%. tu fakta...tapi apa yang membuat aku lebih sayu pagi ni bila kawan aku call mintak aku temankan dia pegi stesen bas. dia nak balik kampung sebab nenek dia sakit. aku pun terus je kata ok. spontan giler! dalam mamai2 aku terus bangun dan mandi. lepas siap2 kawan aku call bgtau dia dah tunggu. bila kitorg jumpa dia bgtau yang nenek dia dah meninggal...innalillahiwainnailaihiraji'un...bila aku dengar, aku pun sedih jugak. tapi kawan aku tu selambe je bgtau. siap senyum lagi...tak tau la kalau dia just tunjuk mcm dia ok, tp dalam hati dia sedih sgt...sape tau...wallahualam...bila fikir2 balik, aku teringat family aku nun jauh di sarawak. bayangkan kalau anything happen kat any of my family members, aku nak buat ape? nak balik jugak ke? dah la jauh...kalau dekat boleh la. ni la dugaan berjauhan dari family, bila jadi hal2 yang mengingatkan kita kat family, kita pun jadi sayu, rindu kat kampung halaman. masa dekat dgn family aku tak pernah rasa mcm aku rasa sekarang. maybe sebab aku tau yang diorang takkan pegi mana2. kalau ye pun aku tak jauh. so takde effect sangat. few months ago nenek aku pun meninggal. tapi masa tu aku tak rasa anything pun. mcm org takde perasaan. andaian aku, maybe sebab aku tak rapat dengan nenek, so perasaan sedih tu tak terasa sgt. sekarang baru aku tau mcm mana rasanya bila terkenang kat orang tersayang. sedih, rindu, nak jumpa sgt2...semua aku rasa. yes, sakit, maut semua ditangan Tuhan. kalau sakit atau maut nak datang, takde sape2 boleh halang. those things come without warning. there's no ALERT!!! button for us to push. apa yang aku nak cakap ialah kita takkan tau bila maut datang kat kita. baru2 ni kawan aku ada mention benda yang sama. he's right and aku pun tak nafikan benda tu. terpulang pada kita untuk buat apa yang patut or not selama kita hidup. tapi sekarang, apa yang aku tau, aku saaaaangaatttt rindukan family aku...tambah2 bila dengar lagu "home" dr micheal buble nih...mendayu2 je. rasa nak balik je...huhu~niat aku buat entry ni bukan nak "tangkap leleh" kat blog ni, tapi sekadar nak kongsi. kadang2 buat entry emosional mcm ni apa salahnya...kan?honestly aku rasa sebak je sekarang...kalau la boleh balik, aku memang nak balik. jeles tengok member2 dpt balik kampung tiap2 minggu..yela, dekat kan...tapi takpe la, dah terlanjur aku kat sini, nak buat mcm mana. teruskan je la. yang penting aku tak lupa orang tersayang...=)))