Today's Stress Tip..by G. Gaynor McTigue..FRI.7/01/05

Be optimistic...as long as it's realistic.

Optimism is great, but if you constantly set your sites much higher than what realistically can be achieved, you may be setting yourself up for frequent disappointment. And that can deflate your optimism over time. By all means live your life optimistically. Just set your goals near enough out there that you can reasonably attain them. That will strengthen and build on your optimism. To the point where you'll become a true optimist -- that is, one who can find the positive in anything, regardless of the negative circumstances. Be optimistic. But realistic, too. Why make yourself crazy?

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Slow your perception of time.

A recent study suggests there are physiological reasons why time appears to pass more quickly for adults than it does for children. Which may explain why the year that seems like a week to an older person is an eternity to a younger one. Still, there are ways you can slow your perception of how fast time is moving (if not the passage of time itself). One is to be in the moment, to focus solely on the activity you're engaged in -- without rushing or giving in to distraction. Another is to do what made time seem so boundless to us as kids: take as much of it as you need to explore, observe and savor what interests you most...naturally... without being tied to a schedule. Do that, and maybe the rest of your life won't seem like a mad dash to the finish line. Why make yourself crazy?

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