Author : Cameron Johnston
Life is moving faster today than even a couple of years ago! It is not a figment of your imagination! There are so many potential stressors today and most have been with us since humans have been on the planet. For instance, a new baby in the family was just as stressful three thousand years ago as it is today. Let's take a quick look at a number of relatively new stressors that even our grandparents had little knowledge of or experience with:INFORMATION OVERLOAD - the ever increasing knowledge base is growing so rapidly that no one can keep up, not even those who look like they are! Information overload is a serious stress reality today and each of us has to find a way to manage all the information to our own advantage or it will overwhelm us.CONSTANT RAPID CHANGE - coming out of the information explosion is constant rapid change. Change is not new to life on this planet but never has it been so constant and rapid. We humans are creatures of habit and changes tend to always be stressful, even changes we perceive to be positive. Learning the skills needed to manage the rapid pace of change today in the family, at work and in society is essential to managing our stress.DECISIONAL OVERLOAD – information overload and constant change leads to decisional overload. Consider all the choices and options we all have every day. Whether it is our work, social opportunities or variety of food products, you cannot but be faced with literally hundreds of choices and decisions every day. Someone said a few years ago that we are bombarded with over 2000 advertising messages every day, probably more now. We can easily become overwhelmed and while we block out most of these messages we must develop effective strategies so we can thrive in this new, every changing and multi-opportunity world.THEN THERE IS TECHNO-STRESS - one lady said the power when out in her house for five minutes and she had to set twenty-three clocks. Ever present worldwide news, cell phones, pagers and the list goes on and on, invade our world with relentless negativity and urgency. Add to all of this: global terrorism, global epidemics and major natural disasters. We can easily worry ourselves into a frenzy day and night. How can we manage these new stressors? Here are a couple of stress management tips.1. LEARN HOW TO MANAGE THE INFORMATION EXPLOSION, daily flowing in and out of your life. Find ways to sort out the essential from the interesting and the urgent from the important. The internet is a wonderful tool but we must learn how to use it effectively otherwise it can waste a lot of valuable time and frustrate you at the same time.2. LIMIT THE AMOUNT OF CHANGE IN YOUR LIFE WHERE YOU CAN. Do you really need to move into that new house this year—even though you can afford it?3. FIND WAYS TO LIMIT THE AMOUNT OF DECISIONS IN ANY GIVEN DAY. Delegate or eliminate as much as possible. I remember years ago reading about a habit of Ann Landers when if she found a particular dress she liked. She would buy two or three in different colors to limit her shopping decisions. Not a bad idea or example.4. MAXIMIZE THE POSITIVE USE OF TECHNOLOGY. Must you have every new gadget that is produced? Remember also that technology can run 24/7 but you can't.5. TAKE A MEDIA FAST OCCASIONALLY. Maybe weekly, for a few hours, a whole day, and sometimes longer, possibly for a week or two. World problems will all continue without you knowing about them. The stress break can do wonders to help you relax.6. REFUSE TO ALLOW ALL THE NEGATIVE LOCAL AND WORLD NEWS TO MAKE YOU PESSIMISTIC, CYNICAL OR PARANOID. Choose to be positive and optimistic even when life is difficult. For more help on managing these new stressors consider signing up for my FREE e-course entitled, 7 Days to Enjoying the Stress of Your Life, to receive click on link below.Cameron Johnston is an author, speaker and stress fitness coach. He is a burnout survivor who has inspired tens of thousands of individuals to live it up without being washed-up. Through his articles, books and speaking, employees in hundreds of organizations have mastered the stress hardiness tools needed to thrive and succeed in our fast-paced, 24/7 world. He has a Masters of Science Degree in Public Health and has developed the Cooling DownThe Stress Soup Stress Management System. Cameron is the author of three books on stress management including, Don't Eat The Soup As Hot As They Cook It! Here he has distilled all the stress management essentials into eight powerful and very doable ways to cool off the stress soup. He is President of WellChoices™ Consulting and Business Development Director for the Silver Hills Lifestyle Makeover Spa. His unique, effective and fun approach to wellness and stress solutions guarantees that his writing and presentations will always be both entertaining and informative. http://www.thestressfitnesscoach.com
Keyword : stress management, stress, work stress, workplace stress, family stress, anxiety
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