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5
 Don’t overwhelm yourself:
 

If you are stressed and overwhelmed, perhaps you are trying to take too much load. Get id of tasks that are
of less importance. Learn delegate or say ‘no’ without feeling guilty. Ask for help if you need it.
6
 Get away:
  Sometimes a change, however small, can do wonders to your spirits. Forget it all for a while - escape. Visit a place you have not been to-could be for a few hours or a couple of days- that is if you can afford to. If not,
it may be helpful just to ‘get away’ to a warm bath for a little while.
7
 Prioritize:
  You may not be able to avoid all the responsibilities or obligations you currently have, but you can learn how to
complete them without procrastinating and consciously choose the best way to handle them.
8
 Extend yourself:
  Make your own life better by making someone else’s life better. Give of yourself. Volunteer. You will feel
empowered, positive and important.
9
 Make success happen:
If you can’t change the world, change yourself. Learn how to love yourself the way you are, while you work
towards the goals you have set yourself. Then, make a commitment to yourself to start improving the things
about yourself and your life that (you believe) need it. Instead of immediate, dramatic change, learn to enjoy the journey of lifelong selfimprovement. You are always a work in progress.
10
 Socialize:
Spend time with family and friends for love and support.Don’t be afraid to enjoy yourself. Appreciate the beauty of friendship and let others know you care about them, too. Love may not conquer all, but it’s a great start.
11
 Learn how to be happy:
One thing all of life’s winners have in common is a sense of well-being, a positive attitude and realistic goals. Focus on the good things about yourself, and in your life. Nobody’s perfect. Learn to enjoy the ‘little things’ that make you happy. Count your blessings. Every day, write down on a slip of paper one thing you are grateful for, even if it’s just a sunny day, a friend’s phone call, your cat’s happy purr. Put this ‘blessing’ in a jar along with a rupee or more. Do this for a month. At the end of the month, read all those slips of paper and you will realize that life is better than what may be thinking. Use the money accumulated to do something really special or donate it to charity.
A point to remember:
  There is ‘nothing that gives one person so much advantage over another as to remain always cool and
unruffled under all circumstances.’
     
    Devaki Shashikala
Lecturer, Dept. of Psychology