Having too much stress is completely normal in our current society, there is almost no time to properly relax and enjoy life.
When we humans have always face circumstantial challenges and ended up overcoming them, and I think the same could happen with the stress epidemic there is nowadays.
Meditation is indeed a good tool to handle this.
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Too many people are stuck with worry, especially businessmen in our fast-paced world, here is what I do:
1. What is the problem (worry)? - Gather the facts
2. Analyze the facts
3. What is the worst that can happen?
4. Arrive at a decision - improve on the worst case (Write down all possible decisions you can make) (What can I do about it, what will I do about it, When will I start doing something about it) and then make the final decision and stick to it & never look back.
5. Prepare to accept it, if you have to - if necessary.
Worry has killed people, I suggest you check out the book "How to stop worrying and start living by Dale Carnegie.
Applying this steps to all your worries will improve your life quality and health drastically (the least people actively do this).
"If a man will devote his time to securing facts in an impartial, objective way, his worries will usually evaporate in the light of knowledge".
This is a good internal sequence to follow. Some days we might be under so much stress that we cannot even, then it is time to take our stresses and divide them up and apply the above to each one at a time.
I didn't know that book, thanks for the recommendation.
And your steps to reduce worry make complete sense.
It all comes down to approach our concerns in a rational way in order to take the best decisions and don't affect our emotional balance.
Absolutely. It is not just acceptable but almost expected that people today MUST be stressed out and under pressure. So we can do what? Drink pills?
At least there is more and more people realizing this and taking proper action in order to avoid this.