so guys zach gave me his cold actually
we think it's actually like the flu
we've had it for several days we both
had fevers we both just like been like
okay I'm somewhat healthy I'll take care
of you now and vice versa and so we're
both like still like not completely
healthy but I still wanted to post a
video and so this one I think will
really help a lot of people I know that
is something that I want to look back on
and watch and remember these tips just
for my own sake so I hope that they
really help but these are five ways that
you can reduce stress this year all of
these I think are really achievable
they're not gonna cost any money or and
you know like they're just going to make
you more at peace and have less anxiety
this year so first of all not everything
is avoidable when it comes to stress
there's just moments in life which are
just naturally stressful we have like
tax season coming up for instance and
just the paperwork and stuff can be a
lot or just maybe school you've got
deadlines you've got tests whatever it
is some of that's just unavoidable but
if you are at your desk you can just
make your environment a little bit
better if you can just set the right
mood it can make it so much better so if
you have a messy desk that's already
going to kind of like exacerbate
whatever feelings that you have so just
tidying up your desk space a little bit
lighting a candle making some tea these
are things that I like to do every
morning is just you know make tea light
a candle have a clean desk fresh start
to the day and that's really how I just
tackle my day the next way that I like
to reduce stress is through exercise I
love to go trail running as you might
know after a good trail run I just feel
so much better like the world is at
peace that's what I do for his actu is
if he's ever having a bad day I'm like
just go on a trail run you'll feel so
much better and he always comes back and
like the best mood and so that's one
thing that I love to do but honestly
this past week even though I've had the
flu I have just made an effort to do a
little bit of exercise everyday just you
know my twenty minutes of yoga like
general yoga or light cardio very light
cardio as little as I could possibly do
because I just felt awful
but having that
routine was so good and just made me
feel better
it just like moved all the fluids around
and just made me feel more of a healthy
person you know it just uplifted my mood
of course the endorphins and all that
like there's physiological reasons why
exercise makes you feel better just
don't overdo it like if I was to do a
hardcore spin class which might be
perfect for you I think I would just
feel anxious and it would raise my
cortisol and wouldn't do so well for me
so like I have to think about ways that
I like to exercise that kind of bring me
some peace and that's just kind of how I
tackle my exercise but yeah I just do
what's right for you the right amount
everybody's different number three is to
reduce caffeine intake as a previous
barista this just pains me to say but I
really do mean it like when I have had
too much coffee
I just feel jittery I don't feel capable
of like doing what I have to do and it
just makes me feel stressed and I ended
up taking deep breath just because I'm
just way too caffeinated what I do like
to do is I won't do like full strength
coffee if we just you coffees your thing
or else what I like to do is get
espresso instead of the brewed coffee
because that has less caffeine in it
naturally number four is to avoid
procrastination at all costs and I
almost didn't include this one because I
thought like nobody intentionally is a
procrastinator but it is something that
creeps up on you unintentionally so what
I really mean by avoid procrastination
is like write down everything possible
that you have to do that day and just
put it down on paper and then like go to
your calendar and like make those things
action items in your day and schedule
enough time to do those things in your
day and you might not get them all done
that day because you just looked at your
calendar that morning you're like
there's no way I'm gonna get it all done
so just prioritizing and you know time
management skills like really focus in
on that and find a system that works for
you and that's how I avoid
procrastination and then also I feel
like procrastination is all
saying overwhelm there's some days where
I feel like I need 10 of me like an army
of clones that I can just have go and
tackle everything that I need to have
done but of course that's not possible
so so what I try to remember is that
everything is going to get done in time
just because I have to do it all I might
try to delegate some things but I'm
gonna get it done
and with the right amount of time
management it's going to happen
so in essence avoid procrastination at
all costs and just know that it's going
to happen that's my advice and that
leads me to the fifth point which is
learning to say no this was so hard for
me to learn because I used to say yes to
absolutely everything you know I let
people down when I did that or I would
take way too long and people would be
like where's this thing that we talked
about that I asked for I'm like oh I
didn't do it because I like to say yes
and I like to promise things and make
people feel good but the thing is that
I'm just gonna let them down and so Zac
actually taught this to me through time
like just being married to him has
really helped me to take on what he's
always done which is to just say no to
things he only says yes to things he
knows he can commit to and everything
else he's kind of gun-shy about like I'm
not going to promise that to somebody if
I'm not gonna like 100% deliver so
that's what I've learned and it's made
me live up to the things I commit people
know that if I say yes to something
they're going to get it and so that's
really just all in an effort of being
intentional about what I commit to and
learning to say no and those are my five
tips to reduce stress I hope that it
really helps and just I think that the
way to remember all of these five things
is just take time in the morning get
organized get a clean desk and remember
that it's all gonna get done and I'll
see you guys next time bye