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Relief From Stress!

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How to Reduce Stress

 
  • Give your body sufficient rest each day
  • Maintain a reasonable diet. Avoid overeating
  • Engage in proper and regular exercise, such as brisk walking
  • If something worries you, talk to a friend about it
  • Spend more time enjoying your family
  • Delegate or share household chores
  • Know your own physical and emotional limitations
  • Set realistic goals; do not be a perfectionist
  • Be organized; have a balanced, reasonable schedule
  • Cultivate Christian qualities such as mildness and patience
  • Set aside some time for yourself
1. A mother patiently speaking with her son; 2. A man reading; 3. A man exercising
 
 

Appeared in Awake!  February 8, 2005

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