Stress Management: Life Style Suggestions (Tips on Daily Life)

Given below are certain simple suggestions or tips on how to lead your daily life. Improving your life style itself can reduce the existing stresses and control the occurrence of stresses in your life.

• Prepare for the next day's important items of work on the evening of the day.
• Do not keep awake late in nights.
• Sleeping between 10 PM to 11 PM will be a good idea.
• Sleep for around 7 to 8 hours every night. Therefore if you sleep at 10.30 PM, waking up around 6 AM to 6.30 AM is a good idea.
• Wear loose and comfortable clothes while sleeping. Do not wear tight and uncomfortable clothes.
• Before sleeping take stock of the meaningful work your did during the day. It will give you the satisfaction of having achieved something on daily basis and you might get sleep as soon as you hit the bed and may get sound sleep.
• Do some planning for the day, week , month and year ahead. Setting up objectives/goals/targets will facilitate their achievements in smoother and efficient manner. Do not rely only on your memory. Write down. Making the lists helps. Refer: (Goal/Target Setting) http://goal-target-setting.blogspot.com/ 
• Learn and practice time management. Set priorities for work. This way you will not crowd your day with unnecessary and non-value adding work and will use your time on important and value adding activities without feeling stressed. Refer: (Time Management) http://time-life-management.blogspot.com/
• If you have to cook, simplify the meals and use the home/kitchen tips throughout your work weak. For useful tips, refer: http://tastetherecipes.blogspot.com/2011/03/celebrating-my-100th-post-drink-and-few.html and http://tastetherecipes.blogspot.com/
• In addition to spending time on your professional work, set some time aside and do your hobbies, play an outdoor game, do gardening, read light literature and watch an interesting program or movie on television.
• Go for a walk frequently during the week (for around 45 minutes to an hour at one time). Exercise few days in a week. Refer: (Walking) http://walking-plan.blogspot.com/ and (Exercises) http://exercises-plan.blogspot.com/
• Socialize with people. Weekends can be used for this purpose.
• Spend lots of time with your family as often as possible.
• Love your family members unconditionally and demonstrate it by hugging them and expressing, "I love you lots and lots and lots." Develop intimate emotional relationship with your family members.
• Learn to listen and listen a lot. Refer: (Listening) http://listen-skills.blogspot.com/
• Learn to praise others and praise them well. Refer: (Positive Strokes) http://positive-strokes.blogspot.com/
• Share your emotions and feelings with those who are intimate with you.
• Go out for picnics, excursions, sightseeing and travel few times in an year.
• Indulge in eating leisurely breakfasts, lunches, evening tea and dinners with your family on many of your weekends.
• Do eat out once in a while in a relaxed environment.
• If you are married, develop intimate emotional and physical relationship with your spouse.
• Do not try pleasing everyone around you.
• Laugh a lot. Do not take life seriously all the time. Lighten up. Develop your sense of humor.