Lessen the Stress
Learn to live simple, focusing on what's truly important

• Don't be afraid of your passion

• Don't answer the telephone during dinner

• Stop trying to please everybody. Start pleasing yourself

• Carve out an hour a day for solitude

• Set aside one day a week for rest and renewal

• For every "yes" let there be a "no"

• Don't squander precious resources, time, creative energy, emotion

• Allow an extra half-hour for everything you do

• Always carry something interesting to read

• Breathe deeply, and often

• Drink pure spring water - lots of it

• Always opt for comfort

• Cultivate gratitude

• Be instead of Do

• Exchange security for serenity

• Luxuriate in your senses

• If you don't love it, live without it

• Let Mother Nature nurture

• Go to bed at 9 o'clock twice a week

• Move, walk, dance, run, find a sport you enjoy

• Begin and end the day with prayer, meditation, reflection

• Strive for realistic deadlines

• Approach problems as challenges

• Nurture friendships

• Honor your aspirations

• Savor beauty

• Cherish your dreams

• Search for your Authentic self until you find her