5 Simple Steps To Reduce Stress

1) What Is It That You Are Focusing On?
Everyone has problems going on in their life. Anywhere from money issues, relationship problems, health, disease or even family trouble. Recognize that you are not the only one. Look at it this way. You can either look at the reality and understand what is happening, or you can make your own perception on what you want it to be. If you focus on the issues, the issue will never disappear, it will continue to appear in your mind unexpectedly even though you wish not to be going through this. Call this the "Law Of Attraction". The universe doesn't know what you want or don't want. It gives you "The Predominate thoughts you consistently think every second of the day". To learn more about this watch the movie or read the book "The Secret" by Rhonda Brynes. 

2) Gratitude
Be grateful for what you already have. Every morning you wake up, thank yourself to be living the life that you have. Understand that not everyone gets your type of opportunity. The more you are grateful for, the more you appreciate the little things in life. This will allow you to wake up with a smile every morning, instead of viewing every circumstance and person whose here to attack you.

3) Get Rid Of Clutter
Any type of mess or clutter that is either in your car, house, bag or locker has to be organized as soon as possible. This can be the substantial difference between being calm and relaxed, over stressed and annoyed. Clutter exhausts the mind, it overwhelms your senses to think critically or creatively. Just a while ago UCLA inspected 32 Los Angeles mothers and realized that when dealing with clutter and their personal property, they had a tremendous increase on their stress hormone levels (Mikael Cho). Clean everything, and allow your mind to be clear of all negative thoughts. 

​4) Eat Well
The saying "you are what you eat" is 100% true. If you put garbage in your body every single day, your skin, body and confidence will show that. Greasy, and sugary foods put you at a higher risk of diabetes and obesity. Eat healthy, allow your body to indulge in nutritional valued foods. It's as easy as one apple a day. Just by eating the healthy foods, you are allowing the body to absorb vitamins like vitamin C, which maintains bones, and blood vessels, Vitamin D, that helps create production of skin pigment, Vitamin B3 the helps convert food into glucose which the body uses for the production of energy, or even vitamin B6 which plays a tremendous role in our metabolism. Start eating healthy today, and allow your body to feel good and look good. 

5) Surround Yourself With Positive People
Positive people can show you the brighter side of things. If you have a problem, they are most likely willing to help you. This can be close friends, if not, family members, teachers or professionals. They can build your confidence level up and create a belief in yourself maybe that you didn't originally have. Don't allow yourself to build up an extensive amount of none healthy inner thoughts. This can lead to long term stress. The faster you find a resolution for your problem, the faster you can feel better and move on with your life, the faster you can consume the life of positive thinking again, and living calmly. These 5 steps are critical, embrace them, and you will truly live a life that is stress free.