Be a smart stress avoider. Get as creative as you can about managing and mitigating stress using our Stress Avoidance Mindfulness Worksheet.
Stress is part of life for everyone, and long-term stress can affect how we feel and how our bodies function. Learning to manage or mitigate it may support your wellbeing. This worksheet is a starting point for meeting what you can influence with intention, and what you can’t with more peace.
What the worksheet covers
- Check off the stressors that concern you, from a list that includes deadlines, a busy schedule, bills, work, health, relationships, moving, technology, and the future.
- In a table, write each stressor, rate it from one to ten, and note whether you can manage or mitigate it.
- Under each stressor, write what you might do about it. If you can’t manage it, ask: how can I support myself in finding peace during or after it?
A closing “moment’s pause” asks which stressor your efforts will help most, how you will remind yourself of your strategies, and which tools will help with the emotions that take over when you can’t control the stressor.
This is a self-reflection tool. If stress feels unmanageable, or is affecting your sleep, health, or relationships, a doctor or mental health professional can help, and this worksheet works alongside that care.
