Taking Charge

	Life Skills In Action
Examples of how to reduce your stress in everyday life.
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Family Life

Bombarded with questions	First Xmas minus Mom
A silent dinner	Mother's birthday
Ex-husband & girlfriend	The spiked cherries

Home Life

Alarm clock	Out of apple juice
Broken glass	You do too much
Let's play cards

Life

A wedding toast	Postal service spending
Changing therapists	Panicky on the 12th floor
I'm in a setback	Panicky driving on a specific road
Panic attack	My 5 year old at bedtime
Habitat house	I broke the grill
Trip-Car trouble	Did I lock the computer lab?
A.M. Blues	Afraid of someone being at my house
I need caffeine	My obstinate 3 year old
Tragedy on TV making me upset	Separation makes me want to avoid old friends
Staying in bed until the last minute	Anniversary of assault
Disability & trying to choose classes	Disability - Writing a summary

Work Life

Are you finished	Skipping the chain of command
Irregular break times	He's making more money than I am
No orientation	Traveling outside my comfort zone
The boss is late
Working with the disorganized

Holidays

Don't like gift
First Thanksgiving since Mom died

Academic Life

I can't sleep

Hospital Life

7am wake-up	I need caffeine
Don't want to get started

Farm Life

No water	The stubborn sow
The cows got out	Cranky mother cow
Couldn't save the newborn lamb