NOTES: STRESS AVOIDANCE & REMOVAL KIT

Stress Avoidance and Removal Kit – 101

1.    “You got to know when to hold ‘em, know when to fold ‘em, Know when to walk away and know when to run.” When in doubt, out!

2.     Do not volunteer for anything for a minimum of one year from today. Repeat ten times until cured.

3.     Take a sabbatical from all volunteer activities for a minimum of 6 months. This is your life and you get to live it your way. Do something original for awhile.

4.     Say goodbye to the Stress Vampires: Guilt, Compulsion. Co-Dependent Behavior, and the worst of all, The Need to Be Nice All the Time to Everyone.  You can do it!

5.     Always, always have an exit strategy and know when to use it.  Freedom!

6.     Don’t allow yourself to feel responsible and guilty for someone else’s screw ups, and do not feel a need to fix them, or ‘make everything OK.’ You have plenty to do to fix your own screw ups. Got that?

7.     Stop acting as though you have to rescue people. You don’t. They are where they are for a reason. Your own life needs you now.

8.     There are closet psychopaths who will try to control you by always making you feel “less than,” or “never good enough,” no matter how good you are or how hard you try. Hit the DELETE key and get rid of these monsters. They are bad for your health.

9.     Do not lend money to people.  Decide how much you are willing to give as a gift  and be done with it.  Repeat regularly: “I am not a bank or a credit union.” “I am not a bank or a credit union.”

10.    Never, ever, ever guarantee or sign your name on someone else’s debt.  Learn to live debt and potential liability free.  Try it! It’s fun!

Alex Noble

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