Stress Management: Social Readjustment Rating Scale

Self Rating or Self Assessment on Social Readjustment Rating Scale

(Also read all the previous posts on this page for more benefits).

Introduction

Every change in your environment or in your life, even if it is a pleasant one like taking a vacation etc, creates some stresses. You need to cope up with such stressors. The cumulative effect of these changes in your life may make you vulnerable and then you may become susceptible to falling sick etc. So, it's good to know as to how much have you suffered due to these changes in the previous one year's period and if you have gone through many critical changes, you must take proactive actions to keep yourself fit and fine despite them.

Given below is a self assessment exercise that you could undertake to your advantage.

Directions for the Self assessment Exercise

Read the following list of life events and enter the score for each event that occurred in your life in the past year. The score for each event is given by the side of the description of the event in red colored figures. If any even has occurred more than once, multiply the point value of the score by the number of times it occurred. When you finish, total your score.

Serial No,  Description of the Life Event, Score for the Event

1. Death of spouse 100
2. Divorce 73
3. Marital separation 65
4. Detention in jail or other institution 63
5. Death of a close family member 63
6. Major personal injury or illness 53
7. Marriage 50
8. Fired at work 47
9. Marital reconciliation 45
10. Retirement 45
11. Major change in the health or behavior of a family member 44
12. Pregnancy 40
13. Sexual difficulties 39
14. Gaining a new family member (through birth, adoption, relative moving in etc 39
15. Major business readjustment (merger, reorganization, bankruptcy etc) 39
16. Major changes in financial status (a lot worse off or a lot better of than usual) 38
17. Death of a close friend or family member (other than close members) 37
18. Change to a different line of work 36
19. Major change in the number of arguments with spouse (either a lot more or a lot less than usual regarding child-rearing, personal habits) 35
20. Taking out a mortgage or loan for a major purchase (home, business) 31
21. Foreclosure on a mortgage or loan 30
22. Major change in responsibilities at work (promotion, demotion, lateral transfer) 29
23. Son or daughter leaving home (marriage, attending college) 29
24. Trouble with in-laws 29
25. Outstanding personal achievement 28
26. Spouse beginning or ceasing work outside the home 26
27. Beginning or ceasing formal schooling 26
28. Major change in living conditions (building a new home, remodeling, deterioration of home or neighborhood etc) 25
29. Revision of personal habits (dress, manners, associations etc) 24
30. Trouble with your boss 23
31. Major change in working hours or conditions 20
32. Change in residence 20
33. Change in schools 20
34. Major change in usual type and/or amount of recreation 19
35. Major change in religious (temple, church etc) activities (a lot more or a lot less than usual) 19
36. Major change in social activities (clubs, dancing, movies, visiting etc) 18
37. Taking out a mortgage or loan for a lesser purchase (car, TV, DVD player etc) 17
38. Major change in sleeping habits (a lot more or a lot less sleep or change in part of day when asleep) 16
39. Major change in number of family get-togethers (a lot more or a lot less than usual etc) 15
40. Major change in eating habits (a lot more or a lot less food intake or very different meal hours or surroundings) 15
41. Vacation 13
42. Holiday season (Christmas, Diwali etc) 12
43. Minor violation of laws (traffic tickets, jaywalking, disturbing the peace) 11

(Sources: T H Holmes , Holmes & Rahe, Ruch & Holmes)

Interpretation of Your Total Score

Now you have completed the exercise of your self assessment by adding the individual scores of each life event you met with. So you have with you your total score called the life change units.This score indicates the severity of life crisis.

Life crisis scores are interpreted as given below:

1. Mild: score from 150 to 199 life change units.
2. Moderate: from 200 to 299 life change units.
3. Major: over 300 life change units.

Life crisis increases as the life the life change units score increases. As the life change units score increases, your susceptibility to illness also increases progressively. So you should look after your health in case you have met with many critical life changes during the year and your life change nits are on the higher side of the scale.

Stress Management

(After you read this post, also read all the earlier posts on this page for more benefits).

What is Stress?

• Stress has to do with demands, resources and uncertainties.
• Demands are expectation and desires of self or others to be fulfilled, obligations and duties to be carried out and responsibilities and pressures to be shouldered.
• Resources are your own resources like your physical strength, your knowledge, your talent and capabilities, your skills and competencies as well as any kind of physical/inanimate or human resources under your control or available for use as organizational support or social support.
• Then there are uncertainties of the outcome or results in relation to the expectations, desires, obligations, duties, responsibilities and pressures as well as there are uncertainties about the existence and potency of the resources within you and outside you.
• These uncertainties are then the main causes to trigger tension and stress in your mind.
• In short, when your perceive that your resources will fall short of tackling the demands on you and therefore, you perceive uncertainty in meeting the expectations or you actually do not meet the expectations demanded of you, you will experience stresses.
• When your resources can achieve the expectations demanded of you with certainty, there is hardly any stress. Since there may still be some uncertainty due to some unseen factors, there may still be a bit of stress but that stress will be somewhat positive type, good enough to boost adrenal level and your motivation to use your resources in the best possible manner to achieve the end result with certainty or near certainty. Such a stress is called challenge stress and it is good.
• Other type of stress that is negative in nature is called the hindrance stress. This is an outcome of the hindrances in the resources to achieve the desired results. These hindrances are: lack of your capabilities, knowledge, competencies, skills and red tape in systems, lack of family or social support etc.
• It is necessary to learn to manage this hindrance stress.

Causes and Sources of Stress

Demands made on you or changes happening around you making some more demands on you are the fundamental causes of stress. The list of causes and sources of stress is given below:

Environmental factors

• Economic uncertainty: changes in business cycle, recession, loss of job, unemployment
• Political uncertainty: impact of political systems like democracy, communism or dictatorship, instability of governments, wars, terrorism etc
• Technological changes: Obsolescence in knowledge and skills of people due to constant technological changes, impact of technologies on people in variety of ways

Organizational factors

• Role demands: pressures of job position, roles conflicts, transfers, promotions, job rotations, change of job
• Task demands: hazards, overload, working conditions, deadlines, targets
• Interpersonal demands: lack of support from bosses and colleagues, distrustful environment, politics

Personal factors

• Family problems: death of loved ones, separation, divorce, marriage, pregnancy, childbirth
• Economic problems: insufficient earnings, loss of job, over expenditure, debts, retirement
• Personality problems: pessimism, submissive, aggressive, loner
• Illness: Not well, injury

Early Warning Symptoms of Stress and Consequences of Stress

Physical symptoms

• Nagging tiredness and continuous sense of exhaustion
• Frequent illness
• Sexual problems: impotency, frigidity
• Excessive worrying of real and imaginary problems
• Frequent crying or desire to cry
• Insomnia
• Headaches
• Cramps and muscle spasms
• Inability to sit without fidgeting
• Nail biting
• Nervous twitches
• Tendency to sweat for no good reason
• Lack of appetite
• Craving for food when under pressure
• Frequent indigestion
• Frequent acidity and heartburn
• Constipation or diarrhoea
• High blood pressure
• Breathlessness without exertion
• Nausea
• Fainting spells

Behavioral symptoms

• Escapist tendencies like shirking or avoiding responsibilities and work both at office and home
• Feeling of inability to cope
• Difficulty in concentrating
• Inability to finish one task before rushing on to the next
• Difficulty in making decisions
• Feeling of being a failure as a person, as a professional, as a parent etc
• Feeling of being bad or feeling of self hatred
• Personal negligence in terms of appearance, hygiene, safety
• Lack of interest in life
• Feeling of neglect
• Loss of sense of humor
• Constant irritability with people
• Awareness of suppressed anger
• Loss of interest in other people
• Feeling of being the target of other people's animosity
• Feeling of having no one to confide in
• Inability to show true feelings
• Intense fear of being alone
• Intense fear of open or enclosed spaces
• Constant or recurrent fear of falling sick
• Extremism at work, in spending, alcohol, gambling
• Dread of the future

Emotional or psychological Symptoms

• Mental fatigue
• Lack of concentration
• Mood swings
• Restlessness
• Unusual impatience
• General apathy towards life
• Irritability
• Unnecessary argumentation
• Excess of aggressive or submissive or defensiveness
• Insecurity
• Forgetfulness
• Low self esteem or low self worth
• Suspiciousness
• Getting frustrated with others

Possibility of Ailments Due to Stress

• Hypertension
• High blood pressure
• Heart attack
• Migraine
• Hay fever
• Allergies
• Asthma
• Peptic ulcers
• Colitis
• Constipation
• Indigestion
• Diarrhoea
• Nervous dyspepsia
• Diabetes mellitus
• Tuberculosis
• Overactive thyroid gland
• Intense itching
• Skin disorders
• Rheumatoid arthritis
• Menstrual difficulties
• Depression

Tackling Stress

Prevention is always better than cure. Given below are certain tips to manage stress:

• Resource sufficiency: One must continually work towards improving one’s thinking patterns, knowledge, competencies, skills and will power.
• Plan (goal/target setting and time management): Set your personal, family related and professional plans properly on time line and muster the resources to achieve them accordingly. Your plans should be realistic and you should review them from time to time and modify them if necessary. Refer: (Goal/Target Setting) http://goal-target-setting.blogspot.com/ and (Time Management) http://time-life-management.blogspot.com/
• Balance: Balance you personality. Your personality should not be extreme “A” type or extreme “B” types. Try to achieve a balanced personality. Refer the post Personality Type: Stress Management below on this page.
• Physical exercises: Get into habit of doing some or the other physical exercises for around 30 minutes to 1 hour every day. Learn to play some outdoor game. Gardening can be a good exercise. Walking is the excellent exercise. Refer the post titled "Stress Management: Simple Steps - A to Z Mantras of Stress Management" below on this page.
• Relax: Take a few minutes out and learn to relax by listening to good music or meditate or lie down and practice relaxation through auto-suggestion, take deep breaths several times a day.
• Entertain: Entertain yourself alone or in company by enjoying concerts, dramas, movies, games and sports etc.
• Social Interactions (fellowship): Invite or get invited at social gatherings like parties, weddings, dinners. In case of any stressful problem, talk it over with someone you trust.
• Take a break: Move away from your family and professional settings for while, take vacation and go for an outing, excursion or travel.
• Refrain from smoking and alcohol: If you are habituated to these, stop.

Personality Type: Stress Management

(You will benefit more in case you read all my previous posts and then read this one).

Personality Types

Type A

• Urgency
• Walks/moves quickly
• Competitiveness
• Eats quickly
• Hates delay
• Guilty when relaxing
• Impatient

Type B

• Relaxed
• Walks slowly
• Lots of relaxing hobbies
• Good listener
• Patient
• Thoughtful
• Takes time to make decisions

Balanced Personality

• It will be a good idea to lead a balanced life by moderating extreme Type A or extreme Type B personalities.
• Balanced personality can manage stresses well.

Action Plans For Type A & Type B Behavior to Achieve Balanced Personality


For Type A

• Take a step back
• Set attainable goals
• Plan how to achieve your goals
• Delegate
• Aim to relax more
• Make time for people
• Say "no"

For Type B

• Set quantitative goals
• Stop procrastinating
• Become more assertive
• Assess appropriate level of quality

My Action Plan (Work Out an Action Plan for Self to Achieve Balanced Personality)


Score from work pattern exercise (refer the older post dated September 21, 2008) :
Score : Type A or B :
Action Plan : 1.
2.
3.

Stress Management: Simple Steps

"A to H Mantra" of Stress Management

Take Care of…………


A….. Anxiety: No (improve capabilities by improving competencies and skills: the HSoftware: refer URL http://humansoftware.blogspot.com/)

B….. Bottle (Alcohol): No

C….. Cigarettes (Smoking): No

D….. Diet (balanced diet): Yes

E….. Exercise: Yes

F….. Fellowship: Yes

G….. Good values and core beliefs: Yes (not necessarily associating with any religion)

H….. Humor: Yes

Personality Type: Stress Management

Find Your Personality Type vis-a-vis Stress Management


Work Patterns Exercise: Assessing Yourself


For each of the following 10 styles of working there are two statements. If you think the left-hand statement best reflects you then circle the 1. If the right-hand statement is you then circle the 5. Shades of in between are represented by 2, 3 and 4 depending on which you feel closest to. Try and avoid too many 3s. Work as fast as possible.

Style (1) A bit last minute, often rushed and late. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 Very punctual, never late.
Style (2) Very competitive. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 Relaxed, not too competitive.
Style (3) When others are talking tend to interrupt. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 Allow others time to finish what they are saying
Style (4) Try to do many things at once; always thinking of next step. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 Take one thing at a time
Style (5) Quick and loud in speech, may bang and shout. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 Slow, deliberate talker.
Style (6) Fast mover, walking, eating, driving etc. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 Slow, deliberate mover.
Style (7) Hide emotions and feelings; they can be a sign of weakness. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 Happy to express emotions and feelings; we are all human.
Style (8) Few interests outside work; do not have time for them. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 Wide range of interests and social life.
Style (9) Ambitious, eager for promotion. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 Enjoy the present; take life as it comes.
Style (10) Feeling good about myself is important- forget what others say. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 Like to feel part of teams- other people are important.

Scoring: When you have finished the exercise add up your points in the circles and divide by 10. That is your score. The score will lie between 1 and 5.

Interpretation of your score and how to tune up your personality to manage the stresses:

Score 3: Perfect balanced personality. maintain it.
Score 2.5 to 3.5: You are still in the balanced personality zone. Make sure to maintain your score within this range even if you are not able to achieve a perfect 3 score.
Score below 2.5: You have type "A" personality. Lower scores will mean stronger type "A". You will need to take actions to change from your current type "A" to balanced personality.
Score above 3.5: You have type "B" personality. Higher scores will mean stronger type "B". You will need to take actions to change from your current type "B" to balanced personality.

Action Plan to Maintain Balanced Personality or to Change from Type "A" or Type "B" to Balanced Personality

Refer our post dated October 23, 2008 for this at http://managing-stress-strain.blogspot.com/2008/10/personality-type-stress-management.html

Origin (Genesis) of Stress or Strain

Why Stress or Strain?


People around you (your bosses, colleagues, subordinates, customers, suppliers, spouse, parents, brothers, sisters, your boy friend/girl friend etc and you yourself have some or certain expectations from you.

You wish to fulfil those expectations for many reasons like feel happy, to make others feel happy, for self esteem, to improve your image on others, not become a subject of ridicule, laughter, blame, rejection by others etc. Therefore, your expectation from yourself is one of success and not failure. You want your expectations to be fulfilled.

That is the trigger to stress or strain.

The expectations in themselves do not create stress but it is your concern about the outcome of not being successful. What will happen if I don't succeed? What the people will think of me if I am a failure? Will I be seen as incompetent, will I become a laughing stock? Will people criticize me or blame me? Will some one shout at me? Will my relationship break? Will I lose money? Will I fail in examination? Will I fail in getting a job or a good job?

If you are sure of success, there in no tension and there is no stress. But when, in your own assessment of yourself, you feel that there are chances of partial or complete failure, stresses develop- the intensity and quantum vary.

You become successful when you assess that your capabilities (your knowledge, skills or competencies and your will power to succeed- in short your "human software (HSoftware))" are matching or exceeding the demands made on you by that particular stressful event or activity or situation. Then you meet those challenges and come out as winner. There is no stress or strain.

The links for details on HSoftware: http://humansoftware.blogspot.com/ or http://knol.google.com/k/shyam-bhatawdekar/management-in-life-profession-family/6txz9nck6g3/3#" .

However, when, as per you assessment, your capabilities (the HSoftware) fall short of those demanded by the stressful event, activity or situation and you assess that you may be a failure or are not sure to succeed, the stresses start developing. The intensity and quantum of stresses are directly proportional to the gap between your assessed capabilities and the ones that are demanded by the stressful event, activity or situation.

Meaning of Stress

When you are under stress or you are stressed, you are experiencing one or more of the states of mind and/or body given below. That in simple words, is the meaning of stress.

• pressure
• strain
• anxiety
• constant worry
• nervous tension
• tension
• trauma
• hassle
• demands
• difficulty
• load
• burden
• effort
• mental strain
• uneasy
• complicatedness
• exertion
• troubled
• inconvenienced
• harassed
• irritation
• annoyance
• get on your nerves
• disturbed
• upset
• suffering
• pain
• distressed
• ordeal
• shocked

Stress Management

Stress Management

In this space, our expert counselors will address the definitions, genesis and solutions to the stresses and strains of day-to-day life. These stresses relate to professional, family, marriage, children and relationship related situations and many times pretty tangled in each other. You will be facing these stresses in your life often and will be desirous to know as to how to manage them. Here in this space, you will find good solutions from our counselors to the issues related to stresses and strains that are bothering you.

The panel of counselors will be headed by Dr Kalpana Bhatawdekar. Given below is her brief introduction:

PhD in Management, Master of Management Science, M S Course in Counseling & Psychotherapy and Bachelor of Science. PhD thesis: Study of the impact of Japanese management systems on motivation and productivity in the organizations. Founder Director: Productivity Consultants, management consultancy organization. Conducted large number of seminars and consulted on TA, work ethic building, TQM, quality circles, kaizen, best practices, process management, quality improvement programs, creativity, leadership, team building, appraisal systems, new trends for corporate sector, educational institutes, professional and social organizations for over 25 years. Professor teaching organizational behavior, HRD, personnel management, quality systems and sales management to MBA students of reputed b-schools of Pune University. Published papers in international seminars. Ex-member of governing council of Quality Circle Forum of India, Baroda chapter. Associated with activities of University Women’s Association, an international body dedicated to cause of women’s overall progress. Keen interest in homeopathy, traveling, cooking, reading, movies, painting, gardening and dress designing. Widely traveled person.

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The topics are listed in alphabetic order:

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(Home Page for Writings of Shyam Bhatawdekar) http://writings-of-shyam.blogspot.com/
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(Assertiveness) http://assertiveness-skill.blogspot.com/
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(A to Z of Management Systems) http://a-z-management-systems.blogspot.com/
(A to Z of Quality Techniques) http://a-z-quality-techniques.blogspot.com/
(Balanced Scorecard) http://balanced-scorecard-system.blogspot.com/
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(Leadership) http://lead-max.blogspot.com/
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(Life Management: Competencies) http://knol.google.com/k/shyam-bhatawdekar/competency-matrix/6txz9nck6g3/4#
(Life Management: Effectiveness Management: HSoftware) http://knol.google.com/k/shyam-bhatawdekar/management-in-life-profession-family/6txz9nck6g3/3#
(Life Management: I Am Liberated) http://knol.google.com/k/shyam-bhatawdekar/i-am-liberated/6txz9nck6g3/6#
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(Quality Circles History) http://quality-circles-history.blogspot.com/
(Quality Circles) http://quality-circles.blogspot.com/
(Quality Function Deployment- QFD and House of Quality) http://quality-function-deployment.blogspot.com/
(Quality Gurus) http://quality-gurus.blogspot.com/
(Recession) http://knol.google.com/k/shyam-bhatawdekar/recession/6txz9nck6g3/7#
(Recession Management) http://recession-management.blogspot.com/
(Recession and Opportunities) http://knol.google.com/k/kalpana-bhatawdekar/recession-and-opportunities/1268ytxl8r5dc/1
(Recruitment and Selection) http://recruitment-selection.blogspot.com/
(Research Methodology) http://research-work-methodology.blogspot.com/
(Safety and Health Management) http://safety-health-management.blogspot.com/
(Sales/Selling Process) http://selling-process.blogspot.com/
(Sales Promotion) http://sales-promotion.blogspot.com/
(Self-concept) http://self-concept-image.blogspot.com/
(Self-concept) http://self-image-concept.blogspot.com/
(Self-concept) http://knol.google.com/k/shyam-bhatawdekar/self-concept/6txz9nck6g3/12#
(Self Motivation or Internal Motivation) http://internal-motivation.blogspot.com/
(Self-confidence) http://self-confidence-improvement.blogspot.com/
(Self Development) http://managing-self.blogspot.com/
(Shyam Bhatawdekar’s Articles on Management) http://writings-of-shyam.blogspot.com/
(Six Sigma) http://six-sigma-system.blogspot.com/
(Six Thinking Hats) http://six-thinking-hats.blogspot.com/
(Soft Skills) http://soft-skills-competencies.blogspot.com/
(Spiritual Quotient/Intelligence) http://spiritual-quotient.blogspot.com/
(Statistics- Basic) http://statistics-basic.blogspot.com/
(Strategic Management) http://strategic-managing.blogspot.com/
(Stress Management) http://management-of-stress.blogspot.com/
(Stress Management) http://managing-stress-strain.blogspot.com/
(Success) http://success-achievement.blogspot.com/
(Success in Life or Success) http://knol.google.com/k/shyam-bhatawdekar/success-in-life/6txz9nck6g3/14#view
(Supply Chain Management) http://manage-supply-chain.blogspot.com/
(Supply and Demand) http://supply-demand-laws.blogspot.com/
(Talent Management) http://managing-talent.blogspot.com/
(Team Building) http://team-building-working.blogspot.com/
(Telephone Etiquette) http://telephone-etiquette.blogspot.com/
(Three Sixty Degrees Appraisal System) http://three-sixty-degrees-feedback.blogspot.com/
(Time Management) http://time-life-management.blogspot.com/
(Total Productive Maintenance- TPM) http://total-productive-maintenance.blogspot.com/
(Total Quality Management- TQM) http://total-quality-concept.blogspot.com/
(Training and Development) http://training-function.blogspot.com/
(Trainers’ Qualities) http://trainers-qualities.blogspot.com/
(Transaction Analysis- TA) http://transaction-analysis.blogspot.com/
(TRIZ- Inventive Problem Solving) http://triz-problem-solving.blogspot.com/
(Value Engineering/Analysis) http://value-engineering-analysis.blogspot.com/
(Winners and Losers) http://winners-losers.blogspot.com/
(Work Study: Method Study and Work Measurement) http://work-study-measurement.blogspot.com/
(World Class Manufacturing) http://world-class-manufacturing.blogspot.com/
(Writings of Shyam Bhatawdekar on Management) http://writings-of-shyam.blogspot.com/
(Written Communication) http://written-communication.blogspot.com/
(Zero Based Budgeting) http://zero-based-budgeting.blogspot.com/

Counseling: General and Psychological
(Anger Management) http://controlling-anger.blogspot.com/
(Children’s Behavior Problems) http://child-behavior-problems.blogspot.com/
(Cholesterol Control) http://controlling-cholesterol.blogspot.com/
(Counseling: Psychological) http://counselingfamily.blogspot.com/
(Counseling: Psychological) http://counseling-family.blogspot.com/
(Cross Cultural Etiquette) http://cross-cultural-etiquette.blogspot.com/
(Emotions) http://emotion-feeling.blogspot.com/
(Executive Etiquette and Manners) http://executive-manners.blogspot.com/
(Exercises) http://exercises-plan.blogspot.com/
(Family Counseling) http://family-harmony.blogspot.com/
(Health: Homeopathy) http://homeopathy-medicines.blogspot.com/
(LifeManagement: Competencies) http://knol.google.com/k/shyam-bhatawdekar/competency-matrix/6txz9nck6g3/4#
(Life Management: Effectiveness Management: HSoftware) http://knol.google.com/k/shyam-bhatawdekar/management-in-life-profession-family/6txz9nck6g3/3#
(Life management: I Am Liberated) http://knol.google.com/k/shyam-bhatawdekar/i-am-liberated/6txz9nck6g3/6#view
(Marriage Counseling) http://marriage-counsel.blogspot.com/
(Ownership on Job) http://job-ownership.blogspot.com/
(Parental Responsibilities) http://parental-responsibilities.blogspot.com/
(Personality) http://human-personality.blogspot.com/
(Qualities of Spouse) http://spouse-qualities.blogspot.com/
(Quit Smoking) http://quit-smoking-plan.blogspot.com/
(Self Development) http://managing-self.blogspot.com/
(Self-confidence) http://self-confidence-improvement.blogspot.com/
(Stress Management) http://managing-stress-strain.blogspot.com/
(Stress Management) http://management-of-stress.blogspot.com/
(Swine Flu and Its Prevention) http://swine-flu-precaution.blogspot.com/
(Telephone Etiquette) http://telephone-etiquette.blogspot.com/
(Walking) http://walking-plan.blogspot.com/
(Winners and Losers) http://winners-losers.blogspot.com/

About All the Products
(Home Page for All Products) http://products-all.blogspot.com/
(Cars) http://cars-products.blogspot.com/
(Chocolates) http://chocolates-products.blogspot.com/
(Flowers) http://flowers-products.blogspot.com/
(Greeting Cards) http://greeting-cards-products.blogspot.com/
(Mobile Phones) http://mobilephones-products.blogspot.com/

Home Tips
(Home Page for All Home Tips) http://home-tips-tricks.blogspot.com/
(Entertainment: Movies) http://popular-movies.blogspot.com/
(Oscar Award Movies) http://oscar-award-movies.blogspot.com/
(Entertainment: Recommended Hindi Movies) http://unforgettable-hindi-movies.blogspot.com/
(Entertainment- Hindi Movies of Your Choice) http://hindi-movies-choice.blogspot.com/
(Health: Homeopathy) http://homeopathy-medicines.blogspot.com/
(Housekeeping at Home) http://5s-housekeeping-home.blogspot.com/
(How to Save Money) http://save-money-ideas.blogspot.com/ or http://knol.google.com/k/shyam-bhatawdekar/how-to-save-money/6txz9nck6g3/11#
(Jewelry Design) http://thejewellerydesigner.blogspot.com/
(Recipes: Easy to Cook) http://easytocook-recipes.blogspot.com/
(Recipes: Exotic) http://tastetherecipes.blogspot.com/
(Stories for Children) http://stories-children.blogspot.com/
(Travel and Sightseeing- India) http://india-tours-sightseeing.blogspot.com/
(Travel and Sightseeing- World) http://sightseeing-guide.blogspot.com/
(World Heritage Sites) http://world-heritage-spots.blogspot.com/

General Knowledge and Out of Box Ideas
(General Knowledge- GK) http://general-knowledge-gk.blogspot.com/
(General Knowledge- Top 5 of Everything) http://top-five-everything.blogspot.com/
(General Knowledge- Top 10 of Everything) http://top-ten-anything.blogspot.com/
(Out of Box Ideas) http://wow-idea.blogspot.com/
(Shyam Bhatawdekar’s Knols) http://knol.google.com/k/shyam-bhatawdekar/shyam-bhatawdekar/6txz9nck6g3/1#
(Running Commentary on the Run) http://running-comments.blogspot.com/