What is one way to prevent stress?

• A. Practice deep breathing exercises daily.
• B. Ensure proper time management by setting short and long term goals.
• C. Exercise regularly and maintain a healthy routine.
• D. Ignore minor tasks to reduce workload.

Answer: (B)

Planning ahead and organizing how you use your time lowers stress by turning looming workloads into manageable steps. When you set short-term and long-term goals, you create a clear plan for what to do and by when. This structure helps you prioritize tasks, allocate your effort efficiently, and avoid last-minute rushes, which are a major source of stress. Regularly reviewing and adjusting goals keeps you on track and makes your workload feel controllable rather than overwhelming. Deep breathing is useful for calming down once stress is already present, and exercising regularly supports overall resilience, but they don’t directly prevent the buildup of stress from poor planning. Ignoring minor tasks tends to increase, not reduce, stress by leaving more work unfinished.