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Sunday,
August 5, 2001
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Stressbusters |
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Rules for
low-stress living
V.K. Kapoor
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Make time your ally,
not your master.
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Associate mostly
with gentle people who affirm your personality.
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Learn and practice
the skill of deep relaxation.
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Use an aerobic
exercise such as jogging to build your health to a high level of
conditioning.
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Manage your life as
a total enterprise, as you would manage a corporation.
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Don’t become
lopsided in any one area; seek rewarding experiences in all
dimensions of living.
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Engage in
meaningful, satisfying work.
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Don’t let your
work dominate your entire life.
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Get your body weight
down to a level you can be pleased with, and keep it there.
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Form and
maintainsensible eating habits. Use sweets rarely, minimise intake
of junk food, emphasise foods you like that are good for you.
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Zealously guard your
personal freedoms — the freedom to choose your friends, the
freedom to live with and/or love whom you choose, the freedom to
think and believe as you choose, the freedom to structure your
time as you see fit, the freedom to set your own life goals.
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Find some time every
day — even if only 10 minutes — for complete privacy, alone
with your thoughts, and freedom from the pressures of work.
Preferably do this for a few minutes several times a day. Maintain
"stability zones", personal rituals, and a comfortable
pattern that will insulate you somewhat from Future Shock.
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