(From Cascade Centers Incorporated – April 2010)
1. Prepare for the morning the evening before. Set the breakfast table, make lunches, put out the clothes you plan to wear, etc. Then get up fifteen minutes earlier in the morning. The inevitable mishaps will be less stressful.
2. Don’t rely on your memory. Write down appointment times, when to pick up the laundry, when library books are due, etc.
3. Do nothing that, after being done, leads you to tell a lie.
4. Practice preventive maintenance. Your car, appliances, home and relationships will be less likely to break down/fall apart “at the worst possible moment”.
5. Procrastination is stressful. Whatever you want to do tomorrow, do today; whatever you want to do today, do it now.
6. Exercise. Do what works best for you.
7. Plan ahead. Don’t let the gas tank get below a quarter full; keep a well- stocked “emergency shelf” of home staples; don’t wait until you’re down to your last bus token or postage stamp to buy more, etc…
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