Stress to Calm- How to entertain stress free-Keep the menu simple.

 

When entertaining there is no need to overwhelm your guests with more choices than necessary, you do not need to impress people with your food channel knowledge.  Why stress people out any more then they already are!

 

• The calm life style idea is, a hors d’ oeuvre, a main dish, a couple of side dishes and dessert is plenty.

 

• This calm style will save you time and money, and make entertaining easy enough that you will want to do it more often.

 

• A down side of overdoing it also unfairly raises the stakes for guests who want to reciprocate. You want to make friends not create more stress.

 

• A calm life style will focus on the quality of what you serve, not the quantity, and making your visitors feel comfortable and welcome.

 

When you design your calm lifestyle, your get-togethers can not help turn out special.

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Stress to Calm: Nothing is more stressful than having to wait to be paid for services rendered.

 

Whether you are an employee, or you own your own company, it is not over until the check clears.

If you are an employee, you always hope that your pay roll check does not bounce. That the company you work long and hard for can compensate you for the services or the job your have rendered to them

As a business owner, you are always worried that the people who have purchased items from you will pay their bill on time. Some customers will wait past the appropriate 30 days and expect you to remind them that they need to pay you.

These scenarios cause a great deal of stress!

Always remember this: the most difficult thing to extract from another human being is money.

Like children making excuses over not getting homework done, people will subject you to the most imaginative array of excuses, promises, delays, apologies and evasions before they ever see fit to take responsibility for their actions and pay what is due.

In addition, few things are more stressful than having to wait to be paid!

So never, be so foolhardy as to think you are in the “money” until the check has cleared and the funds are safely tucked away in your bank account!

Always have a contingency plan… (Subject for another later blog).

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Celebrate life, love unconditionally, and leave a positive legacy!!

 

 

Stress to Calm – A huge stress reducer- If you don’t need to check luggage don’t.

An important question, are you one of those notorious over-packers?

You are if you feel compelled to cover yourself for just about any contingency. You are probably over curious.

You also find that most of what you bring along returns home untouched and very wrinkled.

Perhaps you do not mind hauling half your wardrobe on a 2-3 day business trip or weekend getaway, but the physical and mental stress is hurting you.

My suggestion is to calm down and think things out. Calmly plan for the trip, it is not brain science. Although it does have a lasting effect on your neurotransmitters.

Let’s take a real life look at the current events at the airports. With today’s long baggage check-in lines, multilevel security checks, delays at pickup carousels, and the constant threat of lost luggage. The calm alternative, is that it pays to take it on board.

For once, let go the stress creating idea to over- pack and see if you cannot make do with just what you need, neatly tucked into a carry-on, supplemented by a purse or briefcase.

Remember you can avail yourself of hotel laundry services if necessary. This is another option. Try my suggestion a few times and once you have had a taste of the walk-on/walk off ease of not checking luggage, you will not want to travel any other way.

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Talk to you soon,

Ellen

 

 

Stress to Calm- Prepare yourself for the stupid stuff on the road while traveling.

This should not be news to you, but today, it is not if another motorist will do something stupid every time you are out driving, but when. These are the mental road hazards you have to cope with and learn stay calm during.

My suggestion is to be ready for it. Avoid being surprised while driving. This takes a bit of focus, but it is very important.

Drive calmly yet alertly so you can quickly respond to any surprises they will spring on you.

For instance, expect that the car ahead will cut in front of you without signaling.

Or that another vehicle will always be glued to your rear bumper.

Perhaps at night, that an oncoming car will not dim its high beams until it has crested a hill and has already blinded you.

Be ready for it, expect it, and drive defensively in anticipation of it, and you will enjoy a smoother, less stressful ride.  The travel will also be safer for you as well.

In return, you will be less likely to do something stupid yourself. You will arrive at your destination happy, calm and safe.

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Talk to you soon,

Ellen

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Stress to Calm- Leave yourself an extra day at the end of your vacation to decompress.

While the reason for the vacation was to get away from it all, the getting back can be a stress creator itself. Your mind is racing a hundred miles a hour. You are concerned with getting back into the old routine again. These thoughts are your inability to make changes in your life that that created your reason to go on vacation in the first place.

This decompression time can act as a bridge of change that will continue in the months ahead.

This decompression time is for enjoying a day of transition at home to unpack, read your mail, do your laundry, reconnect with others, and catch up on things. But most importantly simply relax.

Take the time before heading back to work.

Before thrusting yourself right into your busy routine with out a breather is asking for the same stress, you were trying to escape in the first place. You want to be healthier, happier and more engaged in your community.

To reduce your stress take that extra day of reentry and re-acclimation it can make a huge difference. You owe it to yourself, so take it.

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Talk to you soon,

Ellen

Stress to Calm- Vacation or Travel Tips to Reduce Stress- Take the back roads.

A great stress reducer is to really take the scenic route when you are traveling. When you travel for a vacation, a holiday get together or a weekend get away try my suggestion.

Yes, it will take a little more time, but the trip will be fun, relaxing and enjoyable, and thus go faster. The journey will be just as much fun as the destination. That is what you are going on this trip for any way, right?

The back roads offer one-of-a–kind sights, interesting people and unique local ambience, while high-speed super highways drone on with the blandest scenery and tedious driving. You get the picture!

Speaking of pictures, those cloned service areas are horrible for picture taking and stuff. Besides, there may be a problem even finding one during your long trip. Remember to check ahead for potty stops if you must take the highways.

This adventure of the scenic route, makes getting there a learning and enriching experience for the family and yourself.

To reduce stress, stop often, explore the local atmosphere, and arrive safe and refreshed.

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Talk to you soon,

Ellen

 

 

Stress to Calm- No Stress Traveling- Do not Overload your Travel Itinerary

I have found that one of the biggest mistakes of recreational travel is trying to squeeze too many cities, sites, museums, tours, side trips, events and performances in your vacation plans. You have Travel Itinerary Overload here!!

This will leave you overwhelmed, exhausted and unable to appreciate much of anything, get a grip, this will be your vacation.

My suggestion is that it is better to limit your attractions to what you can leisurely and fully enjoy.

Sparkle your plans with plenty of in-between time to linger over a meal, observe the locals and discover things on your own. This is the best part of traveling anyway, the freedom to venture and have adventures.

It is foolish to pressure yourself into seeing everything just to say you have. Savor your time and use these other places for future vacations.

By having a calm vacation, you are naturally nurturing yourself and the loved ones you are sharing your time with.

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Talk to you later,

Ellen