Jiyo Life without Stress

Our world is progressing by leaps and bound every year. With technology leaping such great distances, it is very difficult for us humans to adjust with it. All this leads to stress. Stress is no laughing matter. Many of you will obviously know how dangerous stress can be on the mental and physical levels. The body changes, prepares to either confront the challenge or flee from it. Stress causes you to feel anxious, scared, irritable or moody. Stress plays games with your memory. Stress affects behavior and increases dependencies on things like alcohol and drugs which in turn can cause a whole host of problems when overdone.Stress can be caused by many things like peer pressure, work pressure, family problems death etc.

Dealing with stress is not easy. So we have listed simple ways in which you can beat stress and take control of your life.

Meditation:

Meditation is the most helpful and resourceful way to deal with stress. Every day you should keep half and hour or an hour to meditate. By “meditating” I mean you should just free your mind and relax. It will help you keep relaxed and focused when you do work.

Exercise:

Exercise is good for the body. It keeps you fit and also helps to calm stress because it helps you keep your mind focused. Exercise can also include activities like swimming, sports and jogging. Also you shouldn’t jog early in the morning if your sleep isn’t complete. That is why an evening jog makes much more sense.

Positivity:

Changing our outlook towards like can be very challenging but if you cultivate a positive outlook, things will feel better and you will be less stressed out. I don’t mean that you should just be pseudo positive and put up a front, but to actually be positive about things. It will work wonders.

Communication:

You should analyse your communication skills because sometimes people can tend to be very hostile in their manner of speaking and it ends up alienating a lot of other people. Communication is an important aspect of your daily life and you cannot afford to ignore it.

Entertainment:

This is for all the workaholics out there. It is an admirable thing that people can be dedicated to their jobs but doing that at risk of physical and mental well-being is dangerous. Make time for fun and entertainment. Go for a movie with friends. Meet your college mates and relive your college years. Listen to music. There are endless possibilities. But keep a time for all this. We do not intend that you leave your work behind schedule. Just make some time for entertainment.

There are lot of other ways to handle stress so stay tuned for the second part of this article.