There are many things we can do
that fall under the category of Basic Stress Management. We know
that we can eat right, exercise, get plenty of rest, and
eliminate addictive habits like caffeine, nicotine, alcohol, and
drugs. But what do we know about Advanced Stress Management?
What is Advanced Stress
Management? Advanced Stress Management is evolving the mind. In
order to evolve our mind we must take responsibility for our
thoughts, feelings, and actions. Frequently we live our lives
while our thoughts are on autopilot. When our mind is on
autopilot we are not necessarily thinking but reacting out of
our habits. We get up in the morning, without intention, get
ready for the day, go to work or school, get home, watch TV, go
to bed, and then we do it all over again.
In order to evolve our mind we
must remove ourselves, our thoughts from autopilot and take
responsibility for our thoughts, feelings, and actions by living
with intention. We can start our day with intention, live our
day with intention, and end our day with intention. How do we
live with intention? One way is we can take our worries and turn
them into the opposite and into goals.
For example, we may be worried
about not having enough money. When we worry about not having
enough money we may feel doubt and fear about our situation.
When we feel doubt and fear we start to make decisions based on
this doubt and fear. Some decisions may be to cut back on our
expenses and luxuries.
When we evolve our mind we take
responsibility of our thoughts and become aware of our worry and
make a goal out of it's opposite. For example, we are worried
about not having enough money and the opposite would be having
more than enough money. This goal of having more than enough
money is our intention. We wake up in the morning with
intention, asking ourselves, "how can I make more money?" We go
through our day thinking, "What can I do today, right now to
make more money?" And then we go to sleep with intention by
thinking about what we would like to do to make more money. When
we think like this we feel desire and make decisions based on
the feelings of desire. Some decisions may be to start a
business or look for a better job or career.
This behavior is taking
responsibility for our thoughts, feelings, and actions. We take
responsibility for our thoughts by taking them off the autopilot
and habit of worry and focus them on goals. We take
responsibility for our feelings by removing the doubt and fear
and replacing it with intention, expectation, and hope. And
finally, we take responsibility for our actions because we take
action towards our goals versus taking action in the direction
of our troubles.
Advanced Stress Management is
truly evolving the mind by taking responsibility for our
thoughts, feelings, and actions and creating desire, faith, and
confidence by becoming aware of and eliminating thoughts of
doubt, fear, and worry. If you are a worrier evolving the mind
might take some serious dedication. But, when we become
accountable for our thoughts, feelings, and actions we truly
become experts on managing our stress.