Simple De-Stressor: Get Organized

2. Imagine you have nothing on your plate. Then answer this question: What do you want to accomplish this month? Schedule a small chunk of time each day, say 25 minutes, to chip away at the list. “If you allow things to just happen, they might not happen at all,” says Mark ellwood, president of pace Productivity.

3. Jumpstart your decision-making process. After reviewing an e-mail or phone message, act immediately. “If you can complete the task in 2 minutes, do it right away,” says david allen, author of Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity. Remember that your “delete” key can be the best organizer of all.

4. Buy time. “You have to decide that your time is worth something, then go ahead and allocate money toward buying more of it,” says ellwood. paying somebody to handle your time sucks: cleaning the house, doing odd jobs, mowing the lawn, picking up dry cleaning. the less small stuff you sweat, the more big things you can handle.