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Develop A Personal Stress Management Plan |
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- Recognize stressors surrounding your job search and personal life.
- Try to identify some of the feelings you experience and different ways in which you might best adjust.
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- Develop a job search plan.
- Commit to your plan.
- Review the results weekly, and make needed adjustments.
- Don’t take minor rejections too seriously.
- Much of the stress you may experience as a result of having lost your job will diminish as your plan comes together. You will feel a sense of relief and gradually begin to gain back the control over your life that you feel was lost.
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- Structure your time and practice time management.
- Begin your day by ordering your priorities.
- Plan the most efficient way of completing a task.
- Focus your total concentration on the task at hand.
- Do not allow other people to waste your time.
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- Initiate/maintain an exercise and nutrition regimen.
- Engage yourself in fun activities and exercise your mind and body.
- Follow a healthy food plan.
- Avoid alcohol and drugs.
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- Maintain your religious beliefs, social/family customs and daily routines.
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- Learn and use relaxation techniques.
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- Develop and maintain support systems.
- Surround yourself with positive people.
- Help others.
- Consider career counseling.
- Join a support group.
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- Establish a life plan and career goals.
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- Schedule time for yourself.
- Your job search is not personal time; it is your current job.
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- Include daily humor and laughter in your life.
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- Communicate openly and honestly with others.
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*Note: Transition office is the generic term used in this manual for the Military Services transition offices. The term used by the Military Services for their respective transition offices is indicated below: |
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Army |
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Army Career and Alumni Program (ACAP) |
Marine Corps |
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Personal Services Center (formerly Family Service Center) |
Navy |
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Fleet and Family Service Center (FFSC) |
Air Force |
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Family Support Center (FSC) |
Coast Guard |
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Work-Life Staff |
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