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by Jeff Foster

In today’s world chances are that your environment is probably fast-paced (at least more so than it has previously been) and as such stress is an ever-present possibility just lurking around the corner.

As much and as many conveniences and time savers as technology provides for us, this ‘just in time’ world in which we now live - with computers and a host of other modern technologies – although a great benefit – they also are the source of quicker deadlines, instant notification of bad news and more communication to deal with… in other words… a great source for stress.

Even knowing this, no one is going to slow down the world (or probably themselves), and in reality most of us would not want to. At the same time, it's helpful to realize that with more technology come more options. Some of those options allow us to find new ways to deal with the internal and external factors that can form the basis of stress.

If you are one who has a boss who imposes unreasonable deadlines to meet pointless work milestones, then there is a stress agent in your life. Technology has enabled many to have the option now to work from home, or at least not have to been physically in the office every day. This allows the individual more work flexible hours during the course of the day and as such keeps some of life’s daily stresses at a minimum.

Although there are many daily challenges in the modern world, there are also a variety of new tools and toys to deal with them. Computers can cause the work to pile up faster, but they also allow us to get more done with less effort.

The psychology of stress, though relatively speaking is still in its discovery stage as a science, is beginning to develop a decent set of working data on neurobiology, nutrition, as well as a host of other factors relating to stress. Determining the best and or the most appropriate treatments for stress from this data will take (and evolve) over time, but each day progress is being made in this arena.

Even sports and diets have become much more scientific than they were a just generation or two ago. Even as we learn more about stress and develop more effective tools to fight stress, exercise and a proper diet are still recognized as two of the more important controllable variables in effective strategies for combating stress.

Certainly there is no shortage of potential stress agents. One needs to look no further than the nightly newscast. Negativity and the potential for stress in our lives are all around us and in today’s world one seems to get no help from the media. We get home from a stressful day and right there on television is yet more stress, pain, and woe. And yet we humans endure.

Certainly dealing with difficult problems is difficult.

But that need not lead to chronic stress. The level of stress that results in one’s life is greatly determined from the internal viewpoint that the person uses to evaluate the dilemma. Occasionally the personal conflict between "I must" and "I can't" is unavoidable. The key to managing one’s stress is to use personal tools, perception, and methods available today to overcome "I can't" and much more freedom to deny that "I must."

Toss the dilemma aside and declare your independence from stress.