DeStress . . .

Decide what you want your priorities to be. It is your individual choice to decide what balance means in your life. Keep things in perspective and create harmony in your life by determining how you want to combine self, work, family, friends, and so on.

Encourage yourself to take care of you. You need to be well to be effective in caring for your loved ones and to be more productive in your endeavors. Be willing to listen to your heart so that you can recognize your true needs.

Select actions that are reasonable to accomplish. Forgive yourself when things don't get done. Things change and flexibility is important. Having goals and modifying them when necessary is beneficial. Negotiate for what you need.

Take time to stop and smell the roses. Not every moment needs to have a clear purpose. Spend good times with your family and friends.

Restructure your schedule to fit your needs. Set priorities. Make plans to delegate when possible and really let go. Work smarter not harder. Have a calendar centrally located listing everyone's activities, including your own.

Exercise your right to set limits with others. Boundaries are to protect you from other people. They express the parameters of your responsibility and express clearly what you are willing to do or accept. Not having boundaries makes it more difficult to say "no".

Seek others interested in the same activities or pursuits that you are. It is easier for you to stay focused on your plans if you share them with others. Having a motivated network of support will help you maintain your interest. Allow yourself to be helped when necessary.

Stop feeling guilty for thinking of yourself. Guilt is one of the greatest wastes of emotional energy. It places you in the past and it is self destructive. Use logic and evidence to challenge negative guilty thoughts and make a decision to be guilt free.

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