Goals

Make stress count

By Shay Lynch

November 28, 2024

3 min read

🌟 Mitigate Stress by Building a Life You Love 🌟

Stress is inevitable, but what if we made it count?

One of my favourite ways to manage stress is simple: build a life you love living.

What if we turned stress into a tool rather than a burden? This is where purposeful goals come into play.

A large portion of our stress comes from living in reactive mode:

Work pressures, like unrealistic deadlines and constant changes.

Life pressures, such as financial commitments, traffic, or juggling kids’ schedules.

Then there’s proactive stress, which can also weigh on us:

Self-imposed pressure to succeed (I’m too familiar with this one😲) .

Perfectionism and fear of falling short.

Worrying about what the future holds.

The beauty of well-designed goals is their ability to mitigate both types of stress.

Goals act as boundaries, giving you clarity about what truly matters in your life.

When you build goals with intention, you shift from reacting to life’s demands to leading with purpose. Here’s how:

Create Goals with Urgency, Not Emergency: Focus on meaningful progress, not last-minute panic.

Set Specific Goals to Tackle Stress Directly: Use strategies like routines, prioritisation, and self-care to manage pressures head-on.

💥Design Goals That Excite You: 💥

Goals aligned with your values and passions make stress worth it.

As the year winds down, it’s the perfect time to start planning for the year ahead. Ask yourself: what do I want to build, create, or improve next year? A strong vision will guide you into a new year that you’re genuinely excited to leap into.

Yes, goals may bring a little stress. But when crafted with purpose, that stress strengthens your resilience, improves your stress response, and can even help you become antifragile.

Over the coming weeks, I’ll be sharing insights on building purposeful goals to help you lead a fulfilled, balanced life. Let’s make stress work for us instead of against us.

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