National Stress Awareness Day
Would you be surprised to learn that April 16 has been proclaimed National Stress Awareness Day in the United States? Once you realize that that is the day before income taxes are due, the date makes sense: paying taxes is stressful. What else causes most of us stress on a daily basis? Children not doing what we need them to do, spouses fighting with us over money or where to go for vacation, demands at work that we aren’t sure we can meet, having to make presentations in front of others who might judge us, fighting traffic, paying bills, etc., [...]
How to live a life without stress
It is possible to get rid of your stress. "Yeah, sure," you might say. "And how exactly am I supposed to get rid of all the stressful things in my life?" Here's how I answered that question for myself. I was filled with anxiety for most of my life. I worried about what people thought of me, I was worried about not having enough money, and I worried about my mother who was having a difficult time after divorcing my father when I was three. If worry causes stress, I was overwhelmed with stress from the time I was a [...]
