Over the next week, begin your Stress Log in your notebook. Whenever you notice yourself feeling tense, angry, upset or stressed, make a note of 1) the time, 2) the stressful event, 3) what you were thinking, and 4) any stress symptoms you felt - whether emotionally (anxiety, anger), physically (aches, digestive upsets), or behaviorally (restlessness, overeating).

Leave some space between each entry, you will be returning to this log in the next step. (See the example below.)

If you don't have a small notebook, you can use our Stress Log Template (this is a PDF file, you will need Adobe Acrobat to print it). We encourage the use of a small notebook, however, so you will be more likely to carry it with you throughout this program.

That's it for Step One.
Make sure to come back next week for Step Two.