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7 Things You can do to Reduce Stress in Your Life
We all have a lot of stress in our lives. When you have your own business, you often add even more stress into your life. You may be worried about making enough money to pay the bills. You may be stressed about getting more business, or keeping the customers you have. There are a lot of things that can stress you out. There’s no doubt about it.
The good news is that there are many things you can do every day that will help you reduce the stress in your life. None of these things are instant, but when you do them daily, you’ll find that you’ll be less stressed and feel a lot better.
1. Get Enough Sleep
This is one of those things that in theory is very easy to do but in practice is a lot harder. If you go to bed earlier, you should be able to get the average 7–9 hours a sleep per night that most of us need. Of course, we all know how hard it is to drag ourselves to bed at night. And of course we often have to wake up a lot earlier than we’d like to. But getting enough sleep is very important.
When you get enough sleep, you’re in a better mood the next day. It’s easier to handle everything going on in your life. When you don’t get enough sleep you’re more tired, less patient, and things will stress you out more easily. When you don’t get enough sleep, your cortisol levels…
