Find Your Balance - Easy Stress Relieving Practices You Need as an Entrepreneur

We are all well aware that stress can cause problems for us personally but sometimes we don’t take into effect that it can lead to an effect on our businesses. If you are a small business owner or entrepreneur, it can even be more stressful. Think about it. You might be a one person show for a while. You have to do everything as an entrepreneur and most of everything as a small business owner. You are the person in charge of sales, advertising, marketing, customer service, billing, and many other tasks for a business to survive. Not to mention, you have to work on your mindset and health as well! It isn’t surprising that small business owners and entrepreneurs might hold more stress. 

Here are a few ways to help you relieve stress so that you can be more productive in your business. Some of these might be surprising! Make sure, however, that you do take action on these because your health is the most important.

Journaling

Journaling is all about reflections on your day. I suggest to log about your day at the end so that way you can do the reflections. Ask yourself a couple of questions. Be honest with yourself. 

1.    What worked for me today?

Name one thing that worked well for you and make the conscious effort to utilize that on a daily basis. It could be anything from having a great phone call (use the same type of conversation next time or questioning) to having gotten a full night sleep so you are well rested the next day (now you know how to have a great night sleep).

2.    What didn’t work for me?

Here is where we need to be honest. Name one thing that didn’t work out well for you that day. It could be something small or something not so small. It’s not a time to be hard on yourself. This is a time to seek out how to make improvements which we will get into with this next question. Let’s say that you had a technical difficulty or a conversation didn’t go very well. Write down these statements and just that. This is not a time to rationalize but a time to state facts.

3.    What am I going to do differently NEXT time to make it work?

Here is where you can become proactive in improving the things that did work. For example, if you had technical difficulty, you could simply plan for the idea of having a technical difficulty. Allow yourself extra time to smooth any potential tech issues so that if something does happen, you know what to do to rectify it. If you had a conversation that did not go to plan, decide what areas of that conversation didn’t go so well and develop different scenarios around it so you will be prepared for similar conversations in the future. In other words, think ahead as to how to respond in those certain situations.

When you start to journal, you can always look back on the progress you’ve made over the course of time. Keep up the journal and you can always refer back to it when you need to. 

Learn to Avoid Procrastination

Ah – the word of procrastination. The act of putting off something that requires immediate attention. In the long run, we will ultimately have to do what is the inevitable, whatever that may be. It’s time to simply TAKE ACTION. Make the decision and take action.

If something comes on your desk that you need to do, just do it. Put it down in your daily agenda and do it. Work on the things that require your immediate attention and just get it done. Set out blocks of time for you to do this, put your nose to the grindstone and do it. Enough said.

Practice Mindfulness

Mindfulness the really just the idea of being aware of something. Many people call it thoughtfulness as well, but there’s a specificity to it.

Mindfulness allows us to be anchored in the present moment. It can help combat the anxiety-inducing effects of negative thinking. mindfulness may help increase self-esteem, which in turn lessens symptoms of anxiety and depression.

Laugh

They say that laughter is the best medicine. It’s hard to feel anxious when you are laughing. Laugher helps reduce stress response and tension by relaxing the muscles. Interestingly enough, laughter can help improve your immune system and your mood.

Try to watch a funny show or movie every once in a while, or have a weekly evening out with friends. Allow yourself time for fun!

Meditation

Mental stress activates your sympathetic nervous system, signaling your body to go into "fight-or-flight" mode.

During this reaction, stress hormones are released and you experience physical symptoms such as a faster heartbeat, quicker breathing and constricted blood vessels. Meditation can help activate your parasympathetic nervous system, which controls the relaxation response.

The goal of meditation is to focus your awareness on your breath, making it slower and deeper. When you breathe in deeply through your nose, your lungs fully expand and your belly rises. This helps slow your heart rate, allowing you to feel more peaceful.

Did you find this interesting? I have something that can help you and wanted to give it to you.

Imagine if you had:

• Freedom from your stress and frustration.
• A deep profound relaxation.
• Clarity of thinking.
• Success in your life.
• No more doubting yourself.

My complementary guide on meditation will help you achieve just that. Click Here to get access! Furthermore, check out an interview I did called Stress - The Silent Killer and learn the way stress works in the body. You might be surprised!

To your success!

Charlotte