If your workspace is untidy, all the clutter is visual noise. When you keep seeing it, you’re reminded of unfinished tasks, which could add unnecessary stress and stop you focusing on what you’re currently trying to do.
People working in an organised environment are able to be more productive and focused than someone working in a disorganised setting: you can concentrate better if your space is tidy and organised.
If you don’t want to change how often you see someone who makes you feel stressed, recognise drama triggers. When the conversation moves toward their favourite horrible situation, steer it somewhere else.
Take an inventory of which people in your life leave you feeling stressed and unhappy more often than not. If you don’t want to completely remove a toxic relationship, minimise the time you spend together.
Do some research to understand your actual risk versus perceived risk. Recognise that the worse-case scenario is highly unlikely. Begin to re-structure your thoughts to not engage in catastrophic thinking, and start to challenge back to those thoughts.
Many fears are based in false beliefs or catastrophic thinking. When you see a snake, you may immediately have a belief that says it will harm you, and that you will die. Identify these patterns of thinking, and start to question them.
“Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts” – Winston Churchill
“There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it” – Edith Wharton
“No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted” – Aesop
“Inner peace begins the moment you choose not to allow another person or event to control your emotions” – Pema Chodron