You Don't Have to Live This Way

We often times wonder why certain people look so happy yet, we ourselves are stressed out to the max! If you find yourself stressed out and worrisome all of the time then hopefully this article can help. 
As we all know, stress is very harmful to our bodies and it can cause many health issues if we let it linger for too long.
 
The first step in eliminating stress is to

1. Identify where the stress coming from.

What are the causes of your stress? Is it coming from the past? Feeling like your living a purposeless life? Working more than Living? Kids? Family? No sleep? What are the things that cause you to stress? Evaluate your day and notice how you feel from the time you get up to the time you go to bed. Take note on some things that make you mad, depressed, or stressed. 
( Print off a copy of your bank statement. Learn what you spend most of your money on. 9 times out of 10 this will reflect what you spend your time on too. It will also reflect upon things you spend your focus on. In order to eliminate stress you will need to redirect your focus on to positive and helpful things. Do you spend your time shopping? Working? Going out? Eating out? Bad habits? Figure out ways to reduce these things with positive substitutions.)

2. Think about ways you can reduce or stay away from harmful stressful situations.

After you have figured out what causes you to be unhappy, think about ways in which you can avoid situations that stir you up inside. For example, morning and afternoon traffic is hectic for us all. Rush hour can send us into stress mode at the snap of a finger! Think of ways to avoid this feeling. Leave for work 30 minutes early or listen to a positive audio book when you are in your car. 

3. Get a plan together and put it into action.

If you find yourself in a routine of stress causing events. Think of ways to approach these events in a different way. Think up many senarios of avoiding negative feelings or reactions. Approach the stress causing person, place, or thing with a smile and pray. Pray for God to either take it away or pray that you will come to know a way of peace when a negative force approaches you or vice versa. 

The Challenge

Helping others always makes me feel blessed instead of stressed. Set a goal to make your bank statement reflect you helping others instead of focussing on your wants. This is a fun challenge. It will not only take you out of your comfort zone but will also bless you beyond what you expected. 

Living stress free has to be practiced. With this life comes, so much negative influence that we get overwhelmed and tied up into thinking that it's Not normal for adults to have peace all  of the time. But let me tell you that we were created to have just that! It is possible to have peace among chaos. It is very possible to outshine darkness that surrounds us. When we have peace it looks like happiness and feels like joy. So I challenge you today. Find the things that make you stressed, depressed, and angry and take a stand in changing stressful situations into peaceful ones. Your life is guaranteed to change.