Coffee+Break+Chill+Outs


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 * * Keep a stress diary
 * Recall times in the past when you survived under stress
 * Remember to exercise your strengths
 * Reward yourself for taking steps to eliminate stress
 * Take “me time”
 * Identify and express negative feelings that you’re holding inside
 * Remember to practice slow, deep breathing ||  ||
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 * * Think of an image that makes you smile or laugh
 * Review your old photo albums and relive the good times
 * Assemble a jig-saw puzzle or other visual game
 * Work on a favorite craft project
 * Rearrange the furniture or redecorate a room
 * Create a card or picture for someone you care about
 * Take a mini-daydream holiday
 * Watch a favorite video/DVD
 * Visit a museum/art gallery/cinema
 * Go to a craft shop ||  ||
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 * * Observe carefully and identify patterns in your daily stress
 * Record and organize data into a system that makes sense
 * Get a pet
 * Groom your dog or cat
 * Take the dog (or a friend’s dog) for a nice long relaxing walk
 * Go to the zoo or aquarium
 * Volunteer at the local animal shelter
 * Discover how your stress has developed over time
 * Observe which environments are more or less stressful to you ||  ||
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 * * Stop and consider the bigger issues and questions in life
 * Consider your daily problems in a larger perspective:
 * Are you hungry? Do you have a roof? Are you loved?
 * Reflect on what your ideal role model would do in a similar (or worse) situation
 * Ask yourself “What can I learn from this difficult time or situation?”
 * Consider how you can become a better or more mature person
 * Ask how you can use this time to do something important for other people
 * How would you feel about today’s problems if you only had one month to live?
 * Read your favorite spiritual/religious passage that comforts or soothes you
 * Read a poem that speaks to your heart
 * Read a prayer, special book or listen to music that ‘takes you somewhere else’
 * Visit a special place or sacred place ||  ||
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 * * Go for a walk/jog/swim/bike ride
 * Exercise or lift weights
 * Dance to music in your living room/bedroom
 * Tackle a DIY project that you’ve been wanting to do
 * Get a massage or exchange massages with a friend
 * Take up knitting, sewing, cross-stitch or crochet
 * Repair household breakages
 * Learn to control your breathing
 * Take regular breaks from your desk/work area
 * Go golfing, fishing, bowling ||  ||
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 * * Measure the amount of stress in your day
 * Categorize the different types of stress / pressures in your life
 * Explain in step‑by‑step detail how you will begin to manage stress
 * Analyze your stress
 * Experiment with different types of stress reduction techniques
 * Play a relaxing strategy game
 * Get your life organized/re-organised
 * Study the science of stress and its effects on the body
 * Devise or solve riddles, puzzles or codes ||  ||
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 * * Talk with a good friend, family member or counselor
 * Offer to help someone to get your mind off your problems
 * Go to the theater to watch a play
 * Take acting lessons
 * Join a new social club
 * Volunteer in your community ||  ||
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 * * Listen to music that relaxes you
 * Sing as loudly as you can
 * Beat on a drum until you are sweaty and tired
 * Get together with friends for singing
 * Create a song that matches your mood
 * Learn to play an instrument
 * Make up a song lyric that amuses you.
 * Teach someone else how to play your favorite instrument
 * Match your breathing to music that soothes and calms ||  ||   ||   ||
 * Match your breathing to music that soothes and calms ||  ||   ||   ||