5 tips to reduce stress

“If you ask what is the single most important key to longevity, I would have to say it is avoiding worry, stress and tension.

And if you didn’t ask me, I’d still have to say it.” - George F. Burns

By Leo Babauta

Stress is a major problem for many people -- a hectic, stressful job, a chaotic home life, bills to worry about, and bad habits such as unhealthy eating, drinking and smoking can lead to a mountain of stress.

If your life is full of stress, like mine once was, there are some simle things you can do to get your life to a more manageable level.

Now, your life will probably never be stress-free -- I don’t think that’s even desirable, even if it is possible, because stress is something that challenges us and helps us grow.

At a reasonable level. But when stress gets too high, it causes us to be unhappy and unhealthy.

It wasn’t that long ago when I was working long hours in a very stressful job, with little time for my family, smoking and eating fatty foods and not exercising.

I

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