Stress Management and Making Time for Yourself

 Stress management is always a very important topic. It isn't necessarily one many folks like to talk about openly though. It tends to fall into a similar category to being diagnosed with things. But it shouldn't.

We as a society should embrace that sometimes the world can become overbearing on someone's shoulders. And not everyone's shoulders can bear the same weight. What one person may be able to push through, may stop someone else in their tracks. What someone may have been able to deal with previously, may have worn them out over time and can cause them to break now.

Things change.

We need to adjust.

The human population has seen many generations pass through. With each one there are new stressors. Populations use to worry about basic necessities such as food and shelter. While those are still issues for a number of people, there are other stressors like social image, financial status, a global panini. It can all be a lot. For anyone and everyone all at the same time. But each individual is going to take on all that stress and responsibility in a different capacity and they are going to react differently to it around various other individuals.

Something we can try to do to help alleviate the burden, is ask for help. I acknowledge that not everyone is comfortable asking for help though. I know I'm not. It can make you feel weak or it can make you discouraged because you couldn't do something on your own that you saw someone accomplish ages before you even thought to start it.

That is okay.

When you can't ask for help, you should still be doing something.

Reach out in a different way. Take the time to just say hi to people and discuss new books or movies. Go out and enjoy nature. Learn to cook that favorite dish of yours from the restaurant around the corner, or order it for take out because cooking just isn't your thing and you want to truly relax. That's fine.

As long as you are taking the time to acknowledge you are more than a machine. You are not like everyone else. You are you and there is nobody else you should ever try to be despite what anyone else tells you. 

Feel free to check out the embedded links for tips on how to better work on your stress levels. Some things we find helpful ourselves is learning to distance when you need to and making sure you find somebody to talk with when you don't want to be alone. On top of the normal things like keeping a schedule or routine, trying to find down time, etc.

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