I read that 90% of stress is from unfinished business. 90%! You likely already know or experience the physical problems that come from stress. Stress causes stomachache, backaches, headaches...every aches. It will literally eat you alive. Things left undone, things left unsaid...they can really harm you. So what can we do about it?

Take care of business. Yup, I said it. You see, we often spend the bulk of our time worrying and complaining instead of simply doing. Here's my brainstorm....Just get it done. Stop talking and start doing. All you'll feel is good!

What is the unfinished business in your life? For me, I hate paying bills. There's nothing about it that I enjoy. I put it off and put it off. The longer I put it off, the more it stresses me out. And there are consequences to my delays. Things like late fee and increased interest rates. Those things stress me out even more. I've struggled with my bills for years. For years I would go to bed thinking about paying bills and wake up thinking about paying bills. Something was not right!

Finally one day, I realized how foolish I was being. In just about one hour, I got all of my bills set up online and I set up automatic payments for these bills. It was very simple in the end. The dread was completely ridiculous. It was easy! Best of all, I was able to request emails to myself, telling myself that I paid my bills. These emails are so much fun to receive. A lot more fun than the bills! And the benefits.....no more late fees! Low interest rates! And no more stress! In other words...freedom!

Here's another great example. I know that having boxes and drawers of photographs really stress people out. I would love to see everyone in the world preserve their family photos in photo-safe albums. Yet just the thought of making albums adds stress to many people. I want to bring a word of freedom to alleviate this stress. My word is....shoebox. Dig the photos out, throw out the duplicates, trash the blurry and duddy ones (and the ones where you look bad!), and put the rest in order in your shoebox. You will be amazed at how much stress is lifted. You'll feel like you've lost twenty pounds!

Don't allow stress to keep you from getting your job done. You see, it's a vicious cycle. The more stressed you are, the less effectively you work. The less effectively you work, the more stressed you'll become. Break the cycle; today is the day! Make a list of your incomplete work, then resolve to complete it.

Just one final hint...you'll likely have to get off the computer and stop monkeying around on Facebook if you want to get some real work done. Just a hint....