By Trevor Dumbleton

Recognizing that you are being affected by stress is the first stage in personal stress management. The second stage is realizing that the only person responsible for your personal stress management is you. Sure, you can delegate some of your stress management to your physician and the drugs he can prescribe for you. But even then you need to remember to take them regularly.

It’s far better to learn how to develop your own personal stress management program or routine.

One of the easiest ways to start on your road to personal stress management is to keep a personal diary. Nothing complicated. You could even use your blog (just put something in each note to say what your mood is like). But start to make a note of what causes stress in your life. Keep track of the times when you feel more stressed. What causes that stress to appear? Is it a colleague at work or some other trigger?

Then keep note of what you can do to reduce that stress or even make it go away completely. Does listening to a particular piece of music help? Does going to the gym and running or cycling for miles help?

Get down to the specifics. Start to notice when your stress levels increase and when they reduce. Then use this diary to work out your own personal stress management plan. Once you’ve got something down on paper, you’ll find it much, much easier to work out how to manage the stress that you have to deal with in your day to day life.

Of course, getting a plan is only part of the battle. You need to make sure that you stick to your personal stress management plan as much as possible. There’ll be times when you drift from your plan but don’t use those as an excuse. Get back onto your plan as soon as possible. You’ll find that having your own personal stress management plan could quite literally be a life saver.

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