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Stress Relief

Tips, techniques, and thoughts on stress relief. Leaving the corporate life to enjoy country life - a story of living with less money but with more life! Reduce your stress levels by practicing some of our suggestions. Find relaxation in our inspirational poems, quotes, thoughts, and stories. Can changing your lifestyle result in less stress, less anxiety and worry? Read about our journey to self sufficient living; our experiences, our challenges, and, our achievements in finding stress relief.

Life was too complicated, we wanted a simple life and we wanted stress relief. To quote Confucius, "Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated." It felted like we led a complex life. We wanted stress relief from the demands of corporate life. We were willing to exchange our lifestyle for a simple life, we were tired of the hectic pace and the tension and strain we were experiencing. We were determined to alter our lifestyle by implementing voluntary simplicity and finding ways to reduce our stress and anxiety.

Quote of the Day
"We may encounter many defeats but
we must not be defeated."
Maya Angelou


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We hope you enjoy the site - it is a simple site, no flashy pictures or graphics, or pop ups. It is our continuing journey! As we find new ways and as we read ways other people have found stress relief we will share them with you. Enjoy our story, our journey, the knowledge of others in finding stress relief by living a simple life.


Daily Quote
Start Your Day On A Positive Note
Read an inspirational quote
or saying for each day of your week.

Thought for the Day
Features a thought for the day.
Find inspirational reflections on
attitude, goals, success, worry and more

Our lifestyle change enabled us to start our own home business - which has its own demands and worries but doing what we love - creating unique handcrafted jewelry and glass products, and, motivational products has reduced our stress levels and anxiety. Starting your own business is challenging yet brings many rewards.
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We update the site on a regular basis, last updated July 1, 2009. Bookmark us and come back and visit us again for a pressure free break!

INFORMATION on this site is a result of our learning's, in no way is it to be considered legal, medical or professional advice.

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Nifty Stories
Reading other neat and nifty peoples stories, sometimes helps us look at our situation in a different light and give us stress reduction.

Thoughts of Encouragement
A collection of thoughts to encourage you in the form of thoughts, poems, information and tips on managing stress and anxiety.

Inspirational Friendship Poems
Enjoy our collection of inspirational friendship poems. Friendship is a blessing and we hope you find reflections of this in the poetry.

Positive Thoughts
Positive thoughts for you to reflect upon.

Short Good Poems
Reading poetry can reduce tension and strain - reflect on the verses and the words of these poets in our Short Poem of the Month. You will find good poetry about life, short inspirational poems, friendship, and, poems for special occasions and more.

Good Quotes
No matter what your lifestyle, we hope you find inspiration in these quotes! You will find good quotes relating to many different topics such as adversity, worry, relaxation and more. You may also enjoy famous inspirational quotes which offers quotes by subject and by author.

Appreciation Quotes
A collection of inspirational appreciation quotes. Take time today to count your blessings, to say thank you and express your admiration to those people you treasure and value in your life.
Sister Quotes
Sayings and quotes about sisters and sisterhood are ones to remind us just how special sisters truly are.

Motivational Stories
Features motivational messages and stories to help reduce your stress and motivate you.

Country Crafts
A collection of unique country craft ideas with a craft project for all ages! Our country craft section has free creative activities that you can make. Here you will find free activities and crafts that we have made, and projects that others have made. Relieve your pressure, busy yourself with a craft rather than worry!

Frugal Living
Here you will find frugal living tips, and frugal people stories. Money can be a big worry! Features articles, stories, thoughts and information on how to be frugal - Getting More with Less Money.

Simple Living
Stories and Thoughts of Learning's, Challenges, and Achievements on Stress Relief by Living a Simple Life - life does not have to be complex.

As a result of implementing simplicity which has resulted in reduced stress levels we also have learned about frugal living - getting more for less money. Our country lifestyle has given us an appreciation for the environment. We have learned and implemented the 3 R's - reduce, recycle, reuse.

Why is Recycling Important
Answers to questions about recycling. Also recycle, reduce, reuse strategies that are written in the form of Recycle, Reduce, Reuse Articles, environmentally safe cleaning solutions, and, tips and suggestions on reduce, recycle, reuse that you can implement.

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While we still have challenges that life throws at us, we seem more able to cope with these challenges. Is it because with a simple life you actually do have less stress? We hope that by reading through the articles, thoughts, and quotes that you will see for us it has made a difference.


To become self sufficient we developed a plan and set our goals. While setting goals and starting your own business definitely can create stress we have found ways to manage and control the stress. Comparing our small business and our previous corporate life we have found stress relief in our own business, mainly because we control our time, our efforts, and our work, rather than being controlled by a corporation. So, we have found stress relief in this aspect of our life. And, in addition we have enjoyed making new crafts.

It has been a journey for us, a major lifestyle change, but a change that we love. We are learning new skills and questioning. What we believe today is very different to what we believed 10 years ago. It was not a change that did not include risk. But like any risk, it all depends on your attitude toward it. We were determined to change our lifestyle, as the risk of not changing was greater in our mind. If we had continued in our corporate life we faced the risk of downsizing and burnout and more anxiety. Have we had instant success, no. Have we experienced some failure, and have we made more than one mistake, yes. But, throughout our journey to self sufficiency we continue to set goals, find solutions and we keep our optimism and hope! We also kept our attitude and read nfity Positive Attitude Tips when we felt discouraged. We have learned patience, we have our independence, and we now take the time to find enjoyment in each and every day. We developed this website: to share our learning's and experience, and to share the experiences of others as we journey to stress relief by a simple life - self sufficiency for us!

Questions we asked ourself as we started our journey. Can we find stress relief by living a simple life? Can we simplify our life to reduce our stress and anxiety? Can we make the choices that we need to make? What opportunity is there in simple living? Will we get discouraged? Can we find a balance of life in simplicity? Will we have enough money to live comfortably- can we truly be self sufficient? As our journey continues the answers to these questions are now clear. We hope you will see the answers as you read through our site.


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