Life Lessons #1 - STRESS SUCKS!

I found this on another blog and thought it was awesome. I definitely got some areas to work on. Thanks to Mark Driscoll for posting this. I hope it helps:

• How can I better organize my life to reduce stress?
• Accept the size of your plate and fill it.
• Exercise.
• Do not allow technology to be your Lord.
• Have two cell phones.
• Have two email accounts.
• Have someone schedule appointments and screen all email.
• Consider getting rid of your voicemail.
• Delete emails quickly.
• Have an assistant send you a daily items email.
• Use an out-of-office autoreply as needed.
• Sabbath hourly, daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly, and annually.
• Schedule your vacations first and block them out on your calendar.
• Pick an acceptable release valve.
• Appoint someone other than your wife as your lightning rod.
• Spend most of your time training leaders.
• Pay attention to what God is saying through your body and emotions.
• Feel your emotions but do not allow them to drive you in a bad direction.
• Do not worry yourself into a frenzy.
• Work from conviction, not guilt.
• Get a coach or a counselor.
• Have a study and an office.
• Schedule meetings rarely.
• Say no, and keep saying no.
• Get a wedding coordinator.
• Carry a notebook at all times to jot thoughts and notes.
• See your days as buckets to fill.
• Consider regular medical massage.