Stress Management Tip #8

Put it on paper Writing provides perspective. When you write down the stressor, your next step is to write what you can do about it.

Here is an example: My wife doesn’t close the kitchen drawers. When she gets something out, she leaves the drawers open. It was really annoying me. So I wrote down all my options: I could get angry, takes forever to cool down. I could divorce her, wow that is drastic. I could close the drawers, takes all of 3 seconds. Guess what I chose, if you guessed, close drawers, you were right.

You will see that the response to your stressor is manageable once you realize that you are in control of the situation. Cool, right?