Contractor Tips For Relaxing and Living A Healthy Lifestyle
We live in a society where multi-tasking has become the norm, many people find it difficult to actually relax.
Our bodies react the same to positive or negative stress. Prolonged stress can affect the body negatively.
The key is to learn to strengthen our resiliency and innate ability to heal ourselves.
This comes from a combination of paying attention to overall lifestyle habits such as;
- proper nutrition,
- exercise,
- getting the proper amount of sleep,
- etc.
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Relaxation isn’t a luxury – it’s a necessity. It’s the most important thing your can do to establish a balanced well being, and the benefits are many. Proper relaxation, on a regular basis, allows us to think more clearly, reduces stress, raises energy levels, speeds up healing and boosts our immune system.
A well built house starts with the foundation:
The foundation:
Are you eating healthy? Are you keeping artificial stimulants – sugar, caffeine, alcohol – under control? Are you getting good quality sleep? Are you exercising regularly?
Build Strong Walls:
Psychologists have identified the emotional needs that all human beings share – security; control; attention (giving and receiving); connection to others; status; achievement; purpose. The key to a relaxed life is to ensure that these are all being met appropriately. Audit your life to check, and think of ways to address any areas that are being neglected.
Maintain Your Investment
Find something that absorbs your attention and stimulates you in a healthy way – fitness training, yoga, sports, walking, or hobbies such as woodworking, painting, blogging or reading.
Watch Out For Faulty Wiring
Watching TV, besides being sluggish, physically exhausts our attention mechanisms and is not a good way to relax.
Build a Pitched Roof To Shed the Snow
Negative issues, difficult times, whatever situation you find yourself in ~The old adage ~ “ This too shall pass” is true.
Hang in there and keep keeping on. Don’t drag your feet!
Stay Focused, Stay Positive, Stay Safe!
~concord carpenter