Avoid April’s Stress

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Avoid April’s Stress

For the 17th consecutive year, April has been designated “Stress Awareness Month.” Throughout the month, health care professionals and health promotion experts across the USA join forces to increase public awareness about the causes and cures of stress.

Perhaps you, like me, find it quite interesting that such a month includes the Great National Stress Inducer, April 15—the day yearly income taxes are due.

Stress Awareness Month is sponsored by the Health Resource Network (HRN), a non-profit health education organization established in 1982. HRN also sponsors “National Stress Awareness Day,” held every April 16. Probably not by coincidence, that’s the day after income taxes are due!

And then comes the annual “Organize Your Files Week,” which always falls on the third week of April…right after the tax filing deadline. Again, this can’t be a coincidence.

Try to keep your stress levels down over the next few weeks. Stay as organized as you can. If you find yourself procrastinating about doing taxes, utilize the kind of system we’ve talked about so often on TaskBlog. Break the giant task down into small components. Arrange them in chronological order. And then take the first small component and start working, making your way down the list until the entire task is done.

Good luck!

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© Suzanne Rodriguez
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