Stress can cause too much mental and physical challenges for you. Some people when faced with stressful situations resort to the fight-or-flight reaction. However, there are several stress management activities that can improve your quality of life.
Be friendly
Have a circle of friends you lean on in your trying times, who are supportive any time and who would lift your spirits just in case you are feeling down. Having supportive and caring friends increases your resilience towards stress and brings smile to your face as well as greater levels of wellness.
Laughter, they say is the best medicine. having friends will assure you that you have someone who would always guide you and provide verbal support whenever you need it.
Sleep and eat
Your reaction towards stress seems to be at a high level when you do not get enough sleep. Sleep combined with proper nutrition provides you enough mind power to deal with stressful activities.
This self-caring routine takes care of our physical and psychological condition and eventually enjoy life to the fullest. Enough sleep and good diet can also be combined with regular exercises which also reinforces our resilience towards stress. It has been proven that even a three minute exercise can relieve stress.
Exercising is very effective and is not only a short term solution, but also a long term remedy against stress. A regular exercise routine can be followed by submitting yourself to an exercise class or having a workout friend to maintain a regular habit of exercising and making it part of your life.
Enjoy your work
Find a job that you will enjoy. A job may be a lifetime experience considering that you will spend a lot of time in an office. If you do not enjoy what your are doing and if you do not find your office mates fun to be with, then the possibility of building up a lot of stress is very high.
Doing a meaningful work is very rewarding in terms of having positive outlook or aura, physical wellness while generating less errors in your work due to a worry-free environment that you enjoy.
Find relaxation activities
It is also important to incorporate leisure time outside of your work since it can divert your mind momentarily from the daily routine activities. This would rejuvenate your body and mind as well as be more energized in the following work days to eventually fulfill work obligations and due dates.
Leisure time after work may be exercise, sports activities, having a drink or two in a bar or singing your way through the night in a karaoke bar.