My day started with a power outage at 3am in the morning. It was so dark and so silent that I could hear the flapping of mosquito wings too close to my ear. Naturally I got up and took the nearest cardboard box I could fan to use as a fan to fend my daughters from the dangerous bites of these dreaded insects. I was up waving my arms for an hour and a half until the the electric company decided to stop my misery and switch the lights back on. Wasn't it so gracious of them to do so? Yeah right! Anyway I got back up at seven in the morning to the sound of my youngest daughter banging on the door. When we got down, I was surprised to find my husband sitting in the dining area with breakfast served on the table. Talk about transformation! I hope he didn't do this just to sway me over to his side again.
So Friday, laundry day. Yup it's that time of the week again where I sort the whites from the colored ones and power the washing machine for heavy duty washing. I wish laundromats were cheap, it would mean one less chore to worry about. The lesser chores, the lesser stress.
Speaking of stress, I got an email from Oprah.com today containing 7 ways to reduce stress. Dr. Oz, Oprah's resident MD, believes that these tips are the most effective means of lowering our stress level. I'm just going to enumerate them for your reading convenience, as for the explinations, click on the link below to get a full understanding of these steps.
DR. OZ's 7 WAYS TO REDUCE STRESS
- Take more restroom breaks.
- Show up five minutes early.
- Change your stress eating.
- Quit stress drinking.
- Get your heart pumping.
- Make it a comedy night.
- Enjoy the company of friends.
Here's what I think. If your restroom or bathroom or john or loo or whatever you call it, is clean and uncluttered then undeniably you'd be coming out of there stress free. However if it's messier than a pig's pen then you better not be pissed you got out of there still covered in stress.
Showing up early to whatever function or scheduled activity you have is indeed less stressful for me. I get to prepare myself for whatever it is that I need to do or composed myself to create a good impression to whomever I have to meet. If you are a working person, it shows your peers that you are in control, organized and focused too.
True I am a stress eater, every time I feel down, I crave for comfort foods. On top of the list; burger and fries and an ice cold tea to quench my thirst. If I am at home I crave for my husband's tuna pasta. Hey wait tuna pasta is healthy. It has juicy tomatoes, omega 3 enriched tuna, olive oil and basil. I gotta crave my husband's tuna pasta more.
Well drinking has never been a problem for. I don't quite enjoy it as I used too during my teen years. I guess I kind of outgrew the fun of it. I don't even drink much during ocassions. I prefer soda or iced tea or better yet water. I guess I deserve a hoorah on this step then.
Now ever since I got married and gave birth to two daughters. I never really got the time to exercise and keep myself fit. The only exercise I seem to be doing is walking around the house and climbing the stairs up and down to do all my chores. I really want to pick up my badminton racket and play singles again just like I used to in my college varsity days, but without a baby sitter around, tha't will just have to remain in the dark. For now, the chores will have to do, at least it show's that I am not sitting down all day.
Friday is movie night in our house, and since Dr. Oz recommends to comedy night, I guess I'm gonna have to convince my gang to watch "How I Met Your Mother" with me. Also I need to ask my husband to make that famous tuna past of his for our pigging out session, instead of serving fries and donuts and tacos to the gang. Sounds like a good plan to me, don't you think?
Well our house is kind of far from the company my husband and I keep, but I will try to convince them to enjoy comedy night with us. After all the more the merrier.
Well now that I have my destressing plan laid out, it's time for yours. Click on the link below, maybe Oprah or Dr. Oz might have suggestions. Good luck!
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