Aren’t we all living in a constant state of stress? From one weekend to another, we wait for something that’s truly relaxing yet fun at the same time. In order to overcome this stressful lifestyle, we need some small hacks in our day-to-day life.
Stress-Hacks if you may call them, are minimal efforts and high return practices that you can follow in order to see results. What results to be precise?
Ability to differentiate between impulse and emotions, between hustling and working passionately, between work and life, and most importantly between smiling and being truly happy and peaceful.
This article is here to help you take small easy steps on your terms to feel something good every day, which most people won’t even recall in their whole life.
Without waiting any more let’s get started with the article itself.
Overcome Stress In 5 Easy Steps
Start With Flow Writing Journal
Ok, we understand meditation is a too ‘hefty’ task for you to begin with. But you can’t deny the benefits it has on your mental health and stress levels. So here’s your first hack to overcome stress.
Start with Flow writing. Just grab a notebook and write down descriptively how you are feeling right now and what made that happen. Don’t stop for a second to think about what to write next.
Just whatever you have on your mind bring that in real life and land it on the piece of paper. As it is your personal journal, no one is going to read it.
So don’t worry about grammar, or whether or not what you are thinking is right or wrong. Just focus on writing you’ll find a sense of stress-free mind to get started with.
Reconnect With Nature In Your City
Sometimes when we are going through our daily lives, we forget that as living beings, we are dependent on nature for our well-being. Especially when it comes to Air, Water, Sunlight, and earth.
These 4 are core elements that every living being needs to survive. Be it plants or animals. So whenever possible
- Sit in sunlight (minimum 20 mins a day),
- Drink at least 2 liters of water,
- Take a deep breath quickly, and calmly exhale with your mouth.
- Finally, practice crystal cleansing using the best healing crystals.
Yes, there are a lot of techniques to advance in these four points, but starting slow and going long is what we have to focus on.
Avoid Addiction
While you might not be addicted to alcohol or tobacco, there are a few extra things that have become a new high. For some people, it’s coffee, tea, chocolate, and for some is social media.
In order to overcome stress, we need to learn that being at a constant steady-state is normal. Being in a constant state of high is not. Even you would know some people who get bored scrolling through social apps.
Hence, creating unreal expectations of constant thrill and happiness that are not always constant. So once in a while, give yourself a break and avoid these addictions. You can start with 1 week in a month time frame and build a habit to grow it eventually.
Upgrade Your Body Language
What we think and feel reflects on our body language. That means if you are happy, you will do loud action, more often you will find your palm facing the away from you and you will walk with long steps.
A person seeing from distance can recognize you are happy. The day you are feeling low, you will find yourself doing exactly the opposite. That is you will take small actions, your palm will be facing you more often, you will take small steps.
But do you know, even if you reverse your body language it will directly affect the way you feel? In order to quickly overcome stress consciously make efforts to upgrade your body language to a happier version.
Within minutes you will find uplift in your mood, and it will be much easier to deal with any situation with this uplift energy.
Avoid Your Triggers
Avoiding something is not a solution to it. Agreed. But in most cases often the stress penetrates even before we actually face the problem.
These could be people who drain your energy, things that you see or hear, or sometimes may even times when people are cheering you and you feel more stressed.
Situations that trigger stress or pressure within you are worth avoiding. This way you can think better and deal with the situation more effectively.
Wrap Up
To overcome stress in your day-to-day life, the choices you make will make a true impact. These small habits make a huge impact on the way you perceive yourself. With such simpler habits, not only do you overcome your stress very easily, but also shift your mindset towards positivity. What are your thoughts on these 5 steps? Would you be following them?
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Nishant Shrimali
Nishant is a content writer engaging in the niche of lifestyle, marketing, and business. You got a topic that you think can help bring a new perspective? Nishant is your guy to discuss it with. Be it about Crystals for Career Success, New Marketing Strategy, or How remote work is changing the world. You can just find him hopping around within his choice of interests.
