Stress remedies don’t always consist of a manufactured product or even natural food. Sometimes stress remedies can be as simple as changing just one thing in your day. If you are particularly stressed out in the morning a simple change in behavior can smooth out your mornings and allow you to start your day stress free. Make your lunch ahead of time (such as the night before or freeze small portions of a large meal to take and microwave at work), layout your clothes and iron them if necessary the night before. Preparation is the key to a stress free morning. Get gas on your way home instead of having to gas up on your way to work. Listen to traffic reports on the radio so that you are prepared to take an alternate route and avoid the stress of bumper to bumper traffic.
Simple exercise, hobbies, listening to music, meditation, playing with your pet; can all be used as natural stress inhibitors. Going fishing for instance, is one of the most relaxing things that a person can do. It’s no wonder that so many retirees fish. They’ve worked hard all their lives and now it’s time to finally unwind and relax. And unless you’re depending on the fish you catch for a meal, the stress relief that you can achieve through fishing doesn’t even have to have anything to do with actually catching fish. Hunting can be another stress reliever. Not so good for your prey, but relaxing for you. Try hunting with a camera instead of a gun.
Journalism, be it for private use or stories for publication, can be a major stress reliever. Children that have or keep journals are more apt to be less stressed than children who do not. Keeping things bottled up inside is not healthy and contributes to stress levels. If they don’t talk to someone about their troubles, at least they can write it in a journal.
