‘Stress Management’ Archives
How to Declutter Your Life in 5 Days
“Have nothing in your houses that you do not know to be useful or believe to be beautiful.” - William Morris Is your desk filled with paper and books? Are your closets full of clothes you never use? Is the amount of clutter starting to overwhelm you and it feels like it is getting harder and harder to start cleaning things up and making your life simpler? Maybe you just don't know [...]
How to Control Anger – 5 Tips that Actually Work
“Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you are the one who gets burned.” - Siddharta Gautama Some people have shorter temper than others, but I believe that everyone loses temper every now and then. I consider myself as a calm person who does not get angry very easily, but I have still had my share of extreme feelings of anger [...]
7 Amazing Productivity Tips for Lazy People
I must admit that I am quite a lazy person, like many people seem to be. Often, the most tempting way for me to spend a day would be something like going to the beach and listening to some relaxing music on my iPod. For a long time, I thought that it would be impossible for me to enjoy life and get things done at the same time, but recently I have noticed that it is not true. One of the most [...]
The Real Truth behind Perfectionism
Do you have the irrational belief that you and your environment must be perfect and you always strive to be the best, try to reach the ideal and never allow yourself to make a mistake? If so, you can call yourself a perfectionist. This is one of the most common sources for stress nowadays, so it might be useful to analyze if there are some ways to make one’s life less stressful and still [...]
How I Failed to Become an Early Riser
Everyone talks about how important for your success it is to wake up early, as it is supposed to make it easier to achieve more. For many people that don’t have to wake up early because of work or school, it is quite difficult to be able to wake up to the alarm. I guess the main problem is that there is no real motivation to wake up, so it is much more satisfying to just push the snooze button [...]
How to Stop Procrastinating
I just love this topic as it is one of my own very personal problems – or at least was for a long time. When I was studying in the university, I always left everything for the last possible minute and I often even started to study for an exam only a couple of hours before the start of it. Of course I was then very efficient because I was in a small panic and didn’t have any choice but to [...]
How to Become More Assertive
We all know different types of people in our society. There are aggressive persons who are rude and willing to do anything to meet their needs by bullying other people. Then everyone probably knows people who are very passive and are so concerned about what other people think about them that they just go with the crowd without thinking or expressing too much of their own needs. The right balance [...]
