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I like to think and strategize over little things I can do to improve my life on a daily basis, as all the little things all seem to add up to big things in the end. Stress management is a crucial part of survival psychology and mental health. I was curious what other preppers do in order to help manage stress in their day to day lives.
I figured I would start with myself first...
Decided for one dollar a day I could do this...
So I have a foot locker, with a pad lock. In this foot locker is whatever sweet snack item I have decided buy in bulk that is around a couple dollars for a weeks worth to buy.
Each day at any time of my choosing, generally whenever I feel the most stressed or frustrated I take a break... I take a dollar out of my wallet, I unlock the foot locker, I place the dollar inside, and then take 1 snack item out. I listen to the Ballad of John and Yoko 3 times, I eat the snack and I enjoy a cup of tea, lemonade or fruit punch.
I sit, and do nothing... except enjoy the snack, and the drink...
The song is 2:57 minutes long.
So for one dollar:
1. I buy myself a snack.
2. I buy myself a drink.
3. I buy myself 531 seconds of stop and relax.
4. I invest in a 356 dollars a year savings plan.
It isn't a lot. But if you think about it, it is a much better deal than the people who buy themselves a frappucino for 4.25$ every day on their way to work, or on lunch or whatever.
Well there is a lot of things it is better than, and it isn't a flawless plan, but at least it is an effort, a strategy, to pay yourself every day to take time for yourself, to stop stressing for at least 531 seconds... and to remember...
There is no guarantee it will always end up ok, But stress is always a guaranteed way to make things worse.
I figured I would start with myself first...
Decided for one dollar a day I could do this...
So I have a foot locker, with a pad lock. In this foot locker is whatever sweet snack item I have decided buy in bulk that is around a couple dollars for a weeks worth to buy.
Each day at any time of my choosing, generally whenever I feel the most stressed or frustrated I take a break... I take a dollar out of my wallet, I unlock the foot locker, I place the dollar inside, and then take 1 snack item out. I listen to the Ballad of John and Yoko 3 times, I eat the snack and I enjoy a cup of tea, lemonade or fruit punch.
I sit, and do nothing... except enjoy the snack, and the drink...
The song is 2:57 minutes long.
So for one dollar:
1. I buy myself a snack.
2. I buy myself a drink.
3. I buy myself 531 seconds of stop and relax.
4. I invest in a 356 dollars a year savings plan.
It isn't a lot. But if you think about it, it is a much better deal than the people who buy themselves a frappucino for 4.25$ every day on their way to work, or on lunch or whatever.
Well there is a lot of things it is better than, and it isn't a flawless plan, but at least it is an effort, a strategy, to pay yourself every day to take time for yourself, to stop stressing for at least 531 seconds... and to remember...
There is no guarantee it will always end up ok, But stress is always a guaranteed way to make things worse.