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Tip number four on how to use stress as a means to further your personal growth is to use it as an opportunity for change. We obviously have the choice to makes changes in our lives at any time, it does not have to be during a stressful time. Change can be difficult and uncomfortable so many of us will not make a positive change until the stress has become unbearable.
You may realize that you hate your job, or you are unhappy in your relationship, but it is all part of your routine. It is comfortable. It may appear easier to stay at the job or in the relationship than to make the bold move of walking away.
Until the stress of the horrible job or the unhappy relationship gets to an unbearable point, you may just continue to live in that miserable existence. The stress can therefore be your friend as it motivates you to take that courageous action you need to become happy again.
Once you recognize that the lesser of the two evils is taking action to improve your life instead of staying unhappy, you free yourself to live the life you truly deserve. The change may be difficult and uncomfortable, but the long term rewards will far out-way the discomfort. You will be free to find a more rewarding or fulfilling job, or a more positive, nurturing relationship.
The bottom line is stress can be your friend if you let it. Stay tuned in for Tip number five on how to use stress in a positive way.
September 18th, 2008 at 3:41 pm
In the past year, stress was the reason I made a lot of big changes in my life. I changed my diet to vegetarian because of health problems, took the steps to initiating and finalizing my divorce, and changed jobs. In the end, it paid off in my health is so much better than it used to be, I met and am now engaged to the perfect man for me, and I am at a better paying job that ultimately saved me from staying at a company that is now suffering a lot of layoffs. So jumping out of the situations I felt comfortable in and venturing into new territory paid off exponentially well.