I, like everyone else, have stress in my life. There are the personal obligations and the work obligations that can cause a fair amount of stress for a person. I try to find time to relax and to put aside those stress factors with some "me time". I will spend a few hours painting on the weekend, I write in my journal to get out some pent up stress or go see a mindless movie. Also I will go out to dinner with friends, which is what I call "us time" where we do not have to bring our stress with us. These activities make the stress I have in my life feel not as big as they once were. With this "me time" and "us time" I can think about other things and I help myself from burning out physically, mentally and emotionally.