WHAT IS STRESS MANAGEMENT?

"Stress management by process of relaxing with a Mental PDA" Daily 5 minutes program. 
What is stress?
Stress is the way your body is responding to any kind of demand. It could be both good and bad experiences.
We all have this favourite stressed countenance when it comes to being stressed out, and naming all of them is of no use since it may also vary in different languages. But when it comes down to stress, I think that it is our way of work or even relaxation,that matter and triggers stress. Ever been stressed even when you're well relaxed and bored? I know I have.

stress is unavoidable in life, it is important to find ways to decrease and prevent stressful incidents and decrease negative reactions to stress. Here are some of the things that can be done by just remembering it, since life is basically a routine to follow like brushing your teeth or eating breakfast. You can do a few of them to manage stress in a longer span of time, but as they say-- every minute counts.

Managing time

Time management skills can allow you more time with your family and friends and possibly increase your performance and productivity. This will help reduce your stress.

To improve your time management:

Ø save time by focusing and concentrating, delegating, and scheduling time for yourself.
Ø  Keep a record of how you spend your time, including work, family, and leisure time.

Ø  Prioritize your time by rating tasks by importance and urgency. Redirect your time to those activities that are important and meaningful to you.
Ø  Manage your commitments by not over- or undercommitting. Don't commit to what is not important to you.
Ø  Deal with procrastination by using a day planner, breaking large projects into smaller ones, and setting short-term deadlines.
Ø  Examine your beliefs to reduce conflict between what you believe and what your life is like.

Build healthy coping strategies

To mange stress,it is important that you identify your coping strategies. One way to do this is by recording the stressful event, your reaction, and how you cope in a stress journal. With this information, you can work to change unhealthy coping strategies into healthy ones-those that help you focus on the positive and what you can change or control in your life.

Lifestyle

Some behaviors and lifestyle choices affect your stress level. They may not cause stress directly, but they can interfere with the ways your body seeks relief from stress. Try to:

Ø  Balance personal, work, and family needs and obligations.
Ø  Have a sense of purpose in life.
Ø  Get enough sleep, since your body recovers from the stresses of the day while you are sleeping.
Ø  Eat a balanced diet for a nutritional defense against stress.
Ø  Get moderate exercise throughout the week.
Ø  Limit your consumption of alcohol.
Ø  Don't smoke.