The Everything Stress Management Book by Eve Adamson

Author:Eve Adamson
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: epub, ebook
Publisher: F+W Media
Published: 2002-10-15T00:00:00+00:00

If your concentration seems really off, you can boost it with herbs in addition to meditation. Much research points to ginkgo biloba as an effective brain booster that improves circulation to the brain and, consequently, improves concentration, memory, and mental clarity. Because of possible drug interactions or side effects, you should always check with your physician before taking any herbal remedy, especially if you are on any other medication or have a health condition.

Think of your life as an all-you-can-eat buffet. You’ve got thirty minutes for lunch, and there you stand with your little plate, faced with a fantastic array of options: three kinds of lettuce, two kinds of tomatoes, carrots, cucumbers, cheese, hard-boiled eggs, hot peppers, olives, broccoli, cauliflower, eight kinds of dressing, cottage cheese, potato salad, macaroni salad, three different marinated salads, a taco bar, a pasta bar, four soups, three breads, ribs, wings, meatloaf, fish sticks, drumsticks, ham, turkey, pork, corn, mashed potatoes, strawberries, cantaloupe, honeydew melon, watermelon, peaches, pears, pineapples, three Jell-O salads, and four different colors of some kind of creamy whipped dessert (are you hungry yet?).

It doesn’t take most people long to dive in and start loading their plates with the things they like. You may start out with good intentions — ”I’ll just get a small salad and a little of one entrée — ” but with so many tempting options, most people end up taking just a little of this, and that, and this, and that, and this . . .

What often results is a plate filled with so many different things that it’s hard to focus on or fully enjoy any one thing on your plate. It’s such an overwhelming variety mounded on that little plate that the pleasure comes in the feeling of indulgent excess, the “Look at all this food!” response.

Never mind the food’s quality. That’s why all-you-can-eat buffets can get away with food of lesser quality than a restaurant that serves just a little of a few choice dishes. If you’re impressed with the array of choices, you won’t notice so much that everything isn’t exquisite in taste. You might be charmed by the price. “Well, as long as it’s all I can eat . . .” Or, maybe you are seduced by the possibilities of sampling lots of things you don’t normally get to eat. “Wow. Five kinds of potato salad? I’ll have to try them all!” The experience of the all-you-can-eat buffet can even become addictive. You lose sight of the pleasure of the food itself because you have become so enamored with the massive quantities and the impressive arrangement.

Now, let’s carry over the metaphor. Life is full of stuff to think about. What you have to do today, what you didn’t finish from yesterday, what to wear, where to go, who to go with, how to do things, not to mention what to eat. We’ve got schedules, lists, assignments, deadlines, and responsibilities. We’ve got dependents, friends, and pets. We’ve got houses or apartments and cars or trucks to maintain.

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