So I’m continuing my series on how to reduce stress in your life. So today I’m writing about “Getting Away”. I love getting away. In fact, shh… don’t tell anyone, but I still sneak out to go on country drives on small county roads close to my house, all by myself. I get to go slow and enjoy the nature. It usually about a twenty mile drive. You see, I’m literally only one minute from being out in the country. Also, I’m only 5 minutes away from a state park where I can walk down to a cool waterfall. That’s what I enjoy doing to relax.

Now I know there are many people who plan on relaxing. They work their butts off for fifty weeks a year and think the two weeks will replenish them. Many also work themselves into stressful situations planning for those two weeks. Planning is a good thing, especially if you do it early enough, but last minute planning creates stress. If you do create a checklist well enough in advance, you can manage to take a task at a time and complete it. If you do start feeling stress working on the tasks or if you did wait till the last minute, take a break. Get away. Close your eyes. Take a big breath. Take a relaxing drive or a walk in the park. If you put it in perspective, you’ll wonder why you were in a stressful situation to begin with. Remember, most stress is brought on by yourself and is based on a premise that something will occur that is unpleasant. Nine times out of ten, it won’t occur. Why? You planned.

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