Managing Stress
To Succeed, You Need To Find Something To Hold On To, Something To Motivate You, Something To Inspire You
Stress can impact our emotional lives, our physical lives and the people in our lives.
Major stress impacts include Money, Relationships and Responsibilities.
Life Balance Requires Transformation
Life balance is about preventing stress not managing stress. Stress is a familiar feeling for two-thirds of the country due largely to job pressures, financial woes, health concerns and unhealthy relationships. Too many of us are busy focusing on managing stress, rather than preventing it. All of us are familiar with at least some of the symptoms of stress - fatigue, headaches, hypertension, weight gain, weaker immune system, upset stomach, muscle tension, anger, anxiety, depression, and yes, even impaired sex drive.
So, how do we go about preventing stress from entering our lives in the first place?
The key to preventing stress is to find balance in our daily experience. To do that, we must work hard, have good relationships, have a healthy spiritual life, learn how to handle money and to continue to grow personally as well as professionally.
It’s necessary for us to take care of ourselves in many different areas: physically, mentally, spiritually, socially, relationally, financially, and intellectually if we want to be successful in life.
Why not get alone sometime soon, or with your spouse, and take an inventory of the different areas of your life? It will probably be beneficial to cut back in some areas and increase in others.
We are all designed for growth. Growth involves transformation, and transformation starts with belief. It starts with a belief that things can be different. That where we are today doesn’t have to be where we end up. It starts when we decide to change, and it starts in the mind. If we can change our minds, we can change our habits. If we can change our habits, we can change our lives.
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Marriage, Money, Personality
A marriage without shared money and goals is just a joint venture
According to a survey from Ramsey Solutions, fights revolving money are the second leading cause of
divorces in the U.S., with infidelity being the leading cause. The combination of ineffective
communication and debt often causes stress around financial situations, leading many couples to seek a
divorce.
Conclusion: Healthy Money Conversations, Healthy Marriages
There is hope for couples who want to work on better communication around money. When couples get on the same page, through talking regularly, making money goals, and discussing dreams together, they build a strong foundation for their relationship. Working with each other (instead of against) reduces anxiety and fosters healthier relationships.
10 Financial Goals that Will Change your Life and Help Relieve Stress
We teach the Baby Steps, by a Ramsey Solutions, Master Financial
Coach. The steps are a proven plan to paying off debt, saving money, and building wealth. The steps are
designed to be followed one right after the other to lead you out of debt and stress into a life of saving
and giving.
❶ Create and Live on a Written Monthly Budget
❷ Maintain an Emergency Fund
❸ Eliminate Consumer Debt
❹ Live Below your Means and Reject the Big Spending Lifestyle
❺ Pack a Lunch and Skip the Latte
❻ Invest 15% of your Income for Retirement
❼ Take Advantage of Time, not Timing, in Investments
❽ Invest in a Higher Education Plan for your Children
❾ Pay off your Mortgage Early
❿ Live Generously – Tithe and Donate to Charitable Causes
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