Life contains a number of different sources of stress, which can wear you down quickly. Before it becomes too much, you should find a way to get less stressed about the small stuff.
Between rushing the kids around, dealing with household chores, meeting work deadlines, and staying on top of appointments, you will find yourself feeling overwhelmed and stressed.
Some of the things that will stress you out will be major and will need to be taken seriously. But, at the same time, there are also plenty of “smaller” things that may be stressing you out.
Here are a few tips for getting less stressed about the small stuff.
1. Indulge in regular opportunities to be playful and to have a good laugh
Laughter can serve as a potent and effective medicine against stress. It can help put things in perspective and remind you of what’s important and what isn’t.
Simply indulging regular opportunities to be playful and have a good laugh with those close to you will help. One fun idea is gifting each other fun sweaters from UglyChristmasSweater.com. Activities like this can really help calm you down and allow you to see things through a clearer lens.
It’s difficult to stay stressed about forgetting to buy milk when you’ve just had a really good laugh.
2. Take up centering and grounding practices such as mindfulness meditation
One reason we get stressed out by “small” things is that we get caught up in our negative thought loops. We end up confronting a version of reality that isn’t the one that’s right in front of us.
It can be a very useful and uplifting exercise to take up centering and grounding practices. Mindfulness meditation can be used to help return your awareness to the present moment. You will be more aware of when you are getting lost in your own mental projections.
3. Focus on getting enough sleep, eating enough, and taking care of your physical well-being
Stress is a physiological phenomenon as well as a psychological one. If you find that you are getting easily worked up about small things, there’s a good chance that at least part of this is because you are caught in an ongoing cascade of stress hormones.
There are various things that lead to a chronically stressed physiological state. This includes sleeping too little, eating too little (and not getting enough vitamins and minerals,) and chronic illness.
To the best of your ability, you should focus on optimizing these features of your physical well-being. Then, you will have the best possible safeguard against stress coming from that direction.
How Do You Get Less Stressed?
What do you do to stress less about the small stuff? Tell me about it in the comments. 🙂
Number 3 is SO HARD to remember! It’s insane! Since being a SAHM I’ve only eaten 1 1/2 times a day and I swear the more I try to be more mindful about eating, the more I forget?!?
I try to meditate, I also try to read at least a chapter a day before I go to bed and I take daily bubble baths. I sage before my baths and I try to keep aromatherapy around me.
But I still stress out lol!
Daily bubble baths?! That’s amazing!! What does sage help with?
Yes! It’s the one thing I REQUIRE every day or no one in this house will sleep well lmao!!
Sage helps kill bacteria in the air (good for cleansing the air in rooms after someone is sick) and it helps to ward off negative energy. I’m not sure if that’s true… but my nightly mini anxiety attacks have gone away and I sleep SO good since I started!
I definitely have to try that!!
Yees! Just make sure you open a window; I didn’t even though my cousin told me to and the apartment smelled like smoke for a bit lol!
But you get the Sage bundle and you light it and blow it out so it’s just the smoke and walk around the house. Make sure to walk into every room.
I Sage the whole apartment every Sunday (my in laws have bad vibes and my husband goes over there still) and I Sage the bath tub, bedroom, bathroom and my closet (it connects the bedroom to the bathroom) every night!
These all sound like really good tips! I’ve heard that meditation can be so good! Personally I like to have a bath and a really big glass of red wine x
Oh yes, that should be added to this list!! What’s your favorite red wine?
So very true. Especially #3. Sometimes it is hard to carve out that me time with everyone being at home for work and school, but it helps so much.
Yes you have to squeeze that time in, for sure!
Nice one. I usually just sleep when I’m stressed or rest. Doing something fun too also helps.
Those are great ideas! Thanks for commenting!
Amazingly written! a post that many people can resonate with. thank you
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That last one I need a lot of work on doing, but I’m trying my best. I know I’ll get there soon enough!
Positivity will get you anywhere! Thank you for commenting 🙂
I often just stop and breath when I feel myself getting worked up. I also rest more at night which seems to help alot!
Sometimes that’s the best thing to do! Thank you for commenting.
What an important topic! I try to keep my stress down by exercising plenty, spending time in the outdoors, and reminding myself not to worry about the things I don’t have any control over. Thanks for the tips!
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