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Much of your stress can come from the workplace as well as our home life. Stress at Work in particular has grown over the past few years. Studies show that people are working much longer hours than ever. Many people easily work 50 to 60 hours a week, or more. That averages out to 10 to 12 hour workdays. That much work in itself is sure to cause some stress. There is also the fact that many companies have downsized in recent years. Your job is no longer secure as it once was. Your productivity is key to keeping your job. Executives who make even minor mistakes are being replaced. With fewer workers doing the same amount of work, more work is expected from each employee. That is pressure, which translates to stress. In Japan, where work stress is well known, 10,000 men die each year from job-related stress. With all the latest pressures at work, it's no wonder that this is where much of our stress originates. Bosses who are demanding, co-workers who can be challenging and customers who can be difficult all work to create stress. Although much of your stress may be work related, a certain amount of stress also occurs at home or with family and friends. Because people are so active and family members all seem to be running in different directions, stress can easily happen. With even the youngest members of the family involved in several different activities, the family is moving at a rapid pace. Multi-tasking isn't just happening at the office anymore. The onset of many different electronic devices is supposed to make our lives easier, right? Well, that hasn't really happened. With the prevalence of cell phones has come the idea that we just can't get away from anyone. We now need to be talking on the phone while we're doing all of our regular chores. Our jobs, too, seem to think that since we have a cell phone we can be reached 24/7. The internet has brought many great things to us, however, we now have an email inbox to check and respond to. Everyone seems to now use your email to communicate with you. Try to minimize the amount of electronic devices you and your family members have. At the very least, establish a set of rules for using them. After a certain hour, only respond to emergencies. Ensure that the whole family follows the rules. Even children can get stressed out. If your children seem stressed, try to limit the amount of activities they participate in. Allow them to choose one sport or activity at a time. This will help the children to feel less stress and give you less stress by not having to drive them to and from all the different activities. Schedule dinner time with the family and eat dinner together at the table. It used to be the norm, but with so many crazy schedules, most families don't eat together anymore. This is an important time for the family to communicate with each other. Lack of communication causes arguments and leads to stress. Make dinner time a time when all family members need to be present for the meal. Turn off all the phones and the television set. And nobody is excused until parents say the meal is over. Families benefit from having a schedule. Make sure that there is a scheduled bedtime for everyone in the family and that it is adhered to. Children need more sleep than adults, usually between 10 and 12 hours a night. Get the kids and the adults to sleep early enough to ensure a full night's sleep. Children may balk at a schedule at first, if they aren't used to having one, but after just a short time everyone will start to reap the benefits of having a schedule. Make one night family night. Choose one night of the week to be designated as family night. Nobody can make other plans that evening. The purpose is to spend time together. Rent a movie and make popcorn. Or play a game. Let each family member take turns picking an activity for their week. Take a vacation - at home! Can't spend the time or money to take a real vacation? Designate a weekend to be your mini-vacation. Starting on Friday night, pretend you are on vacation. Plan activities similar to what you might do if you were away on vacation. Find things you can do near home. Look in the local newspaper for ideas. What do tourists do when they spend time in your town? Make a list of some of these activities and work them into your weekend. Go to the zoo. Go to a museum. Spend time in a local park or garden. Spend the afternoon at the pool or go mini-golfing. Order take-out food or eat at a restaurant. If you want to, you can actually have family members pack for the weekend. You can have a 'pretend' camping trip indoors in your family room. Anything goes. Make the planning part fun for the whole family. Everyone can be involved in planning activities that they like to do. This fun activity helps everyone recharge and remove stress from their bodies. Walk together. Try giving each family member a pedometer. Challenge each other to see who can walk more steps in a day. Walk to the park or to the store instead of driving. The exercise is good for reducing stress and keeps us fit. Talk it out. Every family member can have stress, even the children. Set aside an hour a week for a family meeting. Let everyone have a turn telling the best and the worst things that happened to them during that week. Open discussions foster good communication. We are more apt to openly discuss our problems, and therefore reduce the amount of stress we carry with us. Please remember, if you feel that we need to include more material and other articles on managing, controlling or coping with stress related topics or you wish to submit an article yourself, Contact Us Here. Return From Stress At Work to Articles On Stress