{"id":623,"date":"2025-07-01T03:43:03","date_gmt":"2025-07-01T07:43:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sportsmednyc.com\/?page_id=623"},"modified":"2026-07-27T17:53:33","modified_gmt":"2026-07-27T21:53:33","slug":"reduce-stress-and-simplify-life","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/sportsmednyc.com\/?page_id=623","title":{"rendered":"Reduce Stress and Simplify Life\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Explore places to experience life and people.&nbsp;&nbsp;Leave even for a day \u2026 and feel the thrill and comfort of returning to Manhattan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Find places of serenity to escape the city\u2019s high energy: Strawberry Fields in CP, West Side pier 45, immersion at the Met. My favorite: a home with outdoor space and a view.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Stream WQXR for soft background music when entertaining. Classical music adds a calming ambience to a dinner party, without any distracting awareness. Brings peace to a traffic jam.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Practice good habits daily. 95% of good health comes down to healthy basics: sensible diet, exercise, sleep, laughter, faith and purpose, common sense, strong bonds, a pure heart, a strong identity, and a positive attitude.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Be authentic, unless you are running for office.&nbsp;&nbsp;It requires a lot less energy, and makes you unique.&nbsp;&nbsp;Even \u201cflaws\u201d are assets. I marvel at any successful person without OCD.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A professor once advised her students to turn to laughter rather than alcohol to deal with the stress of med school.&nbsp;&nbsp;Exercise is another means of dealing with stress while problem solving.&nbsp;&nbsp;These distractions while the brain is still intact is a winning combo, as the answer often lies outside the box.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Replace anger and hatred with love and gratitude.\u00a0\u00a0We live in a world of gifts and miracles which we did not earn, but inherited from generations past.  There are millions of people to thank for what you are holding in your hand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Positive thinking and prayer can be powerful, but not by casual thought.  When exercised, they prompt action which can enact change.  Hence the adage, \u201cbe careful what you wish for\u201d.  Or wish generally and you and the world will clear the right path. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Don\u2019t be in a rush to get to the wrong place.&nbsp;&nbsp;Life is a series of choices.&nbsp;&nbsp;The more choices we make with careful consideration and purpose, the more life\u2019s successes have a domino effect.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Explore places to experience life and people.&nbsp;&nbsp;Leave even for a day \u2026 and feel the thrill and comfort of returning to Manhattan. Find places of serenity to escape the city\u2019s high energy: Strawberry Fields in CP, West Side pier 45, immersion at the Met. My favorite: a home with outdoor space and a view.&nbsp;&nbsp; Stream [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":10,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/sportsmednyc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/623"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/sportsmednyc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/sportsmednyc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sportsmednyc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sportsmednyc.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=623"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"http:\/\/sportsmednyc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/623\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":824,"href":"http:\/\/sportsmednyc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/623\/revisions\/824"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/sportsmednyc.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=623"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}