11 easy ways to fight stress

Use delays and hiccups to your advantage  Sometimes things don’t work out how you imagine, and it’s enough to make you totally stressed out. “Stress is caused by expectations on one level and reality on the other,” says Wetmore. “When your expectations fall short of reality, you feel stress.” You can let that hiccup derail your day, or you can look at something like a delayed train or canceled flight as an opportunity to check off something on your list.