Worried about money, stress, or health? What are your top 3 tips for improving these areas?

2017-06-16T09:40:59-04:00

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Response by SGT Private RallyPoint Member made Jun 16 at 2017 3:51 PM

2017-06-16T15:51:55-04:00

Plan. Execute. Repeat

Response by Capt Brandon Charters made Jun 16 at 2017 3:54 PM

2017-06-16T15:54:12-04:00

For stress, workouts and small breaks between intense periods of work have helped me out a lot. It's amazing what breaking a sweat can do for you mentally.

Response by PO1 Kevin Arnold made Jun 17 at 2017 10:14 AM

2017-06-17T10:14:24-04:00

Work hard, play hard, relax

Response by Cindy Umanzor made Jun 17 at 2017 11:30 AM

2017-06-17T11:30:11-04:00

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Response by TSgt Melissa Post made Jun 18 at 2017 2:10 PM

2017-06-18T14:10:34-04:00

Money: Budget, spend with in means, have a savings plan (just in case), prayer
Stress: personal spa day, take leave, go fishing, do things that you truly enjoy, go for a walk, prayer
Health: cook good meals, research healthy lifestyle changes, exercise, get outside, drink less alcohol and more water, prayer

Response by SGT David A. 'Cowboy' Groth made Jun 19 at 2017 6:19 AM

2017-06-19T06:19:17-04:00

Money problems, don't have any, don't use a credit card, cash only, stress issues are left at work or at the backdoor before I enter the house, health, do what the doctor tells me, work every day on medium to heavy weight farm machinery, and get in pleny of walking.

Response by SPC Kevin Ford made Jun 19 at 2017 2:53 PM

2017-06-19T14:53:31-04:00

I learned later in life that accumulating less stuff solves many issues. The money pressure goes down, the pressure of being tied to your stuff and the pressure of getting a place to store all that stuff goes down too. It is all connected. Our consumer culture is extremely unhealthy and sure as heck didn't make me any happier in the long run.

Buy less stuff.

Response by CPT Aaron Kletzing made Jun 22 at 2017 8:04 AM

2017-06-22T08:04:14-04:00

That's a cool idea- this app. Has anyone tried it out?

Response by PFC Private RallyPoint Member made Jun 26 at 2017 8:37 PM

2017-06-26T20:37:06-04:00

For stress, I specifically do CARDIO. Weights are great, but just do not burn up stress for me like running, cycling, or swimming does.

For my finances, I like to free write about them. What upcoming expenses do I have, how much value does X really add to my life for the price, how much future compound interest gains am I really giving up by spending Y amount on Z.

For health, obviously the "Performance Triad" of exercise, sleep, and diet are essential. They unfailingly take care of me when I take care of them.

Response by SPC Private RallyPoint Member made Jun 29 at 2017 7:50 PM

2017-06-29T19:50:41-04:00

smoking a cigarette is my cure for stress release speaking of which I haven't smoked in almost a month need to get back into it. Don't really have a solution for money since I work a minimum wage job and I don't have any skills to get a new one. For health don't really care about it.

Response by Cindy Umanzor made Mar 9 at 2018 1:08 PM

2018-03-09T13:08:29-05:00

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