How to Handle the Anxiety of The Current Economy

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By Lisa Overman
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Money and Economic Stress

Handling the mental anxiety of the current economy is not an easy task for anyone. Everyone has mortgage payments, loan payments, stress and difficult financial choices in this current economy. For many families there are far too many payments, and generally not enough money to make all the payments. This creates a situation of high anxiety in our global economy for couples, singles, families and even extended families trying to help loved ones.

So what can we do in this current economy to ease the burden of stress that is constantly filling our minds and lives? How can we create natural anxiety help?

Difficulty: Moderately Challenging

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

A Sense of Humor
Time to Relax and Regroup
Some Activities that relieve stress.
Patience

Step 1

Keeping perspective is important. Not beating yourself up about financial strategy mistakes is essential. I know about this first hand. I have been paying two mortgages for two houses for over two years with one for sale. I could mentally think of a multitude of financial strategies I would apply differently if I could go back. The reality is I can't so I deal with my current financial situation and learn from the financial strategy mistakes I made. I don't play the blame game and make myself feel worse. Instead I focus on my financial successes and learn from our current economy. I do what I can to improve my financial situation and improve my financial strategies each day and move on.
Step 2

Taking it a step at a time. No matter what you current economic situation, good bad or neutral, we all have ideas of what our ideal economic and financial situation would be. We know what we would like to see change in our daily financial life. We can make a list of potential financial strategies for our future. What would you like to change?
Step 3

What changes can you realistically make? Are there small steps that you can make in your life to create economic growth in your personal situation? What will begin to change things in your financial life for the better? ie, get a part time job, find a way to create some income from home, sell some big ticket items that you can live without. Write down a list of potential small economic steps that you can take to relieve the mental anxiety of the financial stress and begin to create financial success for yourself.
Step 4

Realize that the financial stress you are under needs to be relieved. What small daily activities can you enjoy to ease the anxiety you feel? What about watching funny movies and laughing at a situation far removed from your own. Go for a walk with a friend or loved one. Have a picnic on the living room floor, thinking tropical food and tropical mood of escape. Light some candles and listen to some island music and allow yourself for a half hour to be transported with the one you love to an ideal romantic moment and chill. Go snow shoeing, or hiking in the woods to feel and see the crisp snowfall and hear the sounds of nature. Escape to a local botanical garden and soak up the heat of the their tropical foliage room. There is nothing like the thrill of tropics to work toward treating your anxiety naturally.

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tundranut said

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on 3/3/2009 Personally I think we should all just go into foreclosure and move to Hawaii. That being said, I loved this article. Thanks, 5* and a recommend.