Not enough time in a day

There are 24 hours in a day, most of us work about 8 hours in a day, sleep  7 hours a day, and then there are just 9 few hours or less that we have to spend for ourselves. With such little time to spend the way we want we should be making sure we take full advantage of that time, but instead most of us waste time stressing out about things that are beyond our control. I was reading an article the other day about stress and how it affects our daily lives and it really got me thinking. Lets go through a couple facts.

40% of Americans say they lay awake at night because of stress. This means that the short 8 hours or so that you have allotted to sleep are wasted lying in bed waiting to fall asleep. Everyone has their own techniques they use to fall asleep, but if decreasing stress is an issue then physical activity is a great way to reduce your amount of stress. Join your local community gym, take your dog for a walk, or try aerial yoga. Aerial yoga is anti gravity  and air yoga and is not only safe, but also the low-impact moves are easy on muscles and joints. This workout stretches out the muscles and relieves stress without any added pressure.

$300 billion is the annual cost to businesses due to employee stress. With a growing national debt it would seem that we would be trying to cut down spending wherever possible. Jobs can be stressful to everyone. Where we work is not necessarily what we would like to be doing. To help reduce the stress of work we have to find a way to make our daily work meaningful to us. Volunteer. Find an organization with a mission that you believe in and see where you can assist them. By doing this, not only will you have the opportunity to work on something you enjoy, but you will also be doing it for yourself and your community and not for a paycheck. And if this organization resides in your community then that is even better. You will feel apart of your community and see first hand the impact you make.

There isn't enough time in a day. How do you spend your day? And even a better question how would you like to spend your day? Don't let the stress eat up the little time we have of our day.


--Krystal