{"id":44440,"date":"2017-11-16T11:05:00","date_gmt":"2017-11-16T16:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/groupeagf.com\/en\/the-network\/uncategorized\/tips-to-reduce-stress"},"modified":"2024-05-07T15:29:26","modified_gmt":"2024-05-07T19:29:26","slug":"tips-to-reduce-stress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/groupeagf.com\/en\/the-network\/human-resources\/tips-to-reduce-stress","title":{"rendered":"Tips to reduce stress"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p style=\"font-size:14px; font-style:italic\">Source: Manulife<\/p>\n<p>Financial stress can affect more than your wallet; it can have a ripple effect, impacting your health and relationships.<\/p>\n<p>If you are concerned about your finances, you are not alone. Many Canadians aren&rsquo;t saving enough money for retirement, or emergencies. So what can be done to lower your financial stress?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Start communicating. <\/strong>Speaking with your partner, family, or close friends is an important step in reducing your financial stress levels at home. Expressing your hopes and fears about your financial situation can help you work together to find a solution to your financial woes. If speaking to your partner, family, or close friends doesn&rsquo;t work, speak to a financial advisor.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Create some breathing room. <\/strong>Reviewing your monthly statements and expenses are the first steps in understanding where your money is going. Analyzing your monthly expenses with your income and considering what expenditures can be trimmed can help create the breathing room you need to begin saving and minimizing your financial stresses.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Take care of the &ldquo;what ifs.&rdquo; <\/strong>Understanding your fixed expenses (i.e. rent, mortgage, food, insurance etc.) can help you understand how much money you need to maintain life&rsquo;s essentials. Some economists suggest the ideal &lsquo;emergency fund&rsquo; should amount to approximately six months&rsquo; worth of fixed expenses. If you are able to set aside money to save, this may help alleviate stress in instances of illness or job loss.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Set realistic and achievable goals. <\/strong>This is important to ensuring long-term financial security. Understanding your debts, how long it will take to pay them off, and what amount you want to have in savings can help you build a financial roadmap. Establishing goals can help to prioritize spending, balance your budget, plan for retirement, and pay off your debt.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Make it easy on yourself.<\/strong> There are programs and plans that make saving and paying off debt easier than tackling it on your own. Setting up automated payments or money transfers to savings accounts can help you keep your financial house in order. Even setting up reminders to alert you of upcoming bills, or when you are being paid, can help you identify your spending priorities.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Unload debt.<\/strong> Evaluate what debt you have and identify which carries the highest interest rate. Pay off high-interest debt first. Typically credit cards carry the highest interest rates. If you have multiple credit cards, try consolidating the debt onto a low-interest credit card or loan. This will help to pay off the debt sooner, and free up funds for savings and investing.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Protect what matters most. <\/strong>Protecting your family and your assets against unforeseen events is critical to minimizing your financial stresses. Ensure you have insurance, an emergency fund, and savings to help protect you from life&rsquo;s unexpected challenges.<\/p>\n<p>If you take the steps to understand your finances, you can reduce your financial stresses, increasing both your physical and mental health.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/groupeagf.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/economieen-3.png\" style=\"height:449px; width:550px\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/groupeagf.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Ligne_bleue_separation_version_e-2049.jpg\" style=\"height:67px; width:400px\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p>Las dificultades financieras pueden afectar m&aacute;s que su monedero: tambi&eacute;n pueden tener repercusiones en su salud.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Si est&aacute; preocupado por sus finanzas, no es el &uacute;nico. Muchos canadienses no ahorran lo suficiente para su retiro ni para enfrentar los imprevistos. &iquest;Qu&eacute; puede hacer para reducir su estr&eacute;s financiero? C&oacute;mo superar sus dificultades financieras.&nbsp;A continuaci&oacute;n le presentamos algunas maneras para aliviar este tipo de estr&eacute;s.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Hable con alguien. <\/strong>El hecho de hablar con su pareja, miembros de la familia o amigos &iacute;ntimos reduce considerablemente el estr&eacute;s causado por las difucultades financieras. Tienen m&aacute;s posibilidades de encontrar juntos una soluci&oacute;n a sus problemas. Si la soluci&oacute;n no es suficiente, hable con un consejero financiero o un representante en su banco.<\/p>\n<p><strong>D&eacute;se un margen de maniobra. <\/strong>Comience por examinar sus gastos y sus estados de cuenta mensuales para saber a d&oacute;nde va su dinero. Al comparar sus ingresos mensuales con sus gastos y determinar cu&aacute;les pueden ser suprimidos, podr&iacute;a darse el margen de maniobra necesario para comenzar a ahorrar y minimizar sus presiones financieras.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Prevenga los imprevistos.<\/strong> El hecho de conocer sus gastos fijos (renta o hipoteca, comida, seguros, etc.) puede ayudarlo a determinar el monto que necesita para procurarse lo esencial en caso de un imprevisto. De acuerdo con algunos economistas, el &ldquo;fondo de urgencia&rdquo; ideal deber&iacute;a representar aproximadamente seis meses de gastos fijos. Su capacidad de ahorrar dinero podr&iacute;a disminuir su estr&eacute;s en caso de invalidez, de enfermedad o p&eacute;rdida de empleo.<\/p>\n<p><strong>F&iacute;jese objetivos realistas y realizables. <\/strong>Esto es importante para garantizar su seguridad financiera a largo plazo. Conocer bien sus deudas y el tiempo que le tomar&aacute; pagarlas puede serle &uacute;til para trazar su hoja de ruta financiera. Definir sus objetivos tambi&eacute;n puede permitirle priorizar sus gastos, equilibrar su presupuesto, planificar su retiro y pagar sus deudas.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Simplif&iacute;quese la vida. <\/strong>Busque ayuda; existen programas y r&eacute;gimenes que facilitan el ahorro y el reembolso de deudas. El establecimiento de un r&eacute;gimen preautorizado de pagos o de transferencias a una cuenta de ahorros puede contribuir a ponerle orden a sus finanzas. Incluso una medida simple como un sistema de recordatorios para se&ntilde;alarle el d&iacute;a de pago de una factura o de su sueldo pueden servirle para determinar sus gastos prioritarios.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Disminuya la carga de sus deudas. <\/strong>Haga la lista de sus deudas y determine cu&aacute;les tienen la tasa de inter&eacute;s m&aacute;s elevada. Pague primero las deudas con una tasa de inter&eacute;s elevada. En general, se trata de los saldos de las tarjetas de cr&eacute;dito. Si tiene saldos en varias tarjetas de cr&eacute;dito, intente fusionarlas en una sola tarjeta o en un pr&eacute;stamo con inter&eacute;s bajo. As&iacute; podr&aacute; pagar su deuda m&aacute;s r&aacute;pidamente y liberar fondos para ahorro e inversi&oacute;n.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Protega lo que m&aacute;s cuenta. <\/strong>Es esencial proteger a su familia y sus bienes contra los imprevistos para minimizar su estr&eacute;s financiero. Tenga seguros, un fondo de urgencia y ahorros para protegerse contra los golpes duros de la vida.<\/p>\n<p>Si hace el esfuerzo de conocer bien su situaci&oacute;n financiera, podr&iacute;a reducir el estr&eacute;s asociado con ella y mejorar al mismo tiempo su salud f&iacute;sica y mental.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/groupeagf.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/economiees-3.png\" style=\"height:438px; width:550px\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: Manulife Financial stress can affect more than your wallet; it can have a ripple [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":44431,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[225],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-44440","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-human-resources"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/groupeagf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44440","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/groupeagf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/groupeagf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/groupeagf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44440"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/groupeagf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44440\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":57165,"href":"https:\/\/groupeagf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44440\/revisions\/57165"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/groupeagf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/44431"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/groupeagf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44440"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/groupeagf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44440"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/groupeagf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44440"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}