Stress has become part and parcel of our lives. Even young children lead stressful lives these days. Increasing competition is the number one cause of stress. Everybody wants to achieve more and more. They want to do better than their peers. People are never happy with what they have. This perpetual struggle to do better than one’s peers leads to stress and causes many health problems.
The modern society glorifies workaholism. Employees are forced to burn the midnight oil to meet crazy deadlines. Cut throat competition exists in the job market and if one isn’t willing to stretch oneself thin, one can get laid off. Most people have several financial liabilities. Getting laid off is the last thing they want to happen to them. So, they work harder and harder. They don’t find time for their family or themselves.
Social media also plays a role in causing stress. People post exotic images of their holidays and rant about their expensive acquisitions on social media. They have just one mission – they want to show that their lives are actually better than the lives of others. This makes their friends feel inadequate.
Perhaps the biggest problem that plagues our world is the pursuit of material gains. We equate happiness with cars, villas and foreign vacations.
In my opinion, the only way to beat stress is to look for meaning in life. Instead of rushing after material gains, we should look inward and connect with our true nature. Setting priorities is equally important. We should ask ourselves what we want to achieve in our lives. Once we have a clear idea of our goals, we can toil towards them at our own pace. This approach actually makes our lives a lot less stressful. 
 Stress
 has become part and parcel of our  
lives
. Even young children lead stressful  
lives
 these days. Increasing competition is the number one cause of  
stress
. Everybody  
wants
 to achieve more and more. They  
want
 to do better than their peers.  
People
 are never happy with what they have. This perpetual struggle to do better than one’s peers leads to  
stress
 and causes  
many
 health problems.
The modern society glorifies  
workaholism
. Employees  
are forced
 to burn the midnight oil to  
meet
 crazy deadlines.  
Cut throat
 competition exists in the job market and if one isn’t willing to stretch oneself thin, one can  
get
 laid off. Most  
people
 have several financial liabilities. Getting laid off is the last thing they  
want
 to happen to them.  
So
, they work harder and harder. They don’t find time for their family or themselves.
Social media  
also
 plays a role in causing  
stress
.  
People
 post exotic images of their holidays and rant about their expensive acquisitions on social media. They have  
just
 one mission  
–
 they  
want
 to  
show
 that their  
lives
 are actually better than the  
lives
 of others. This  
makes
 their friends feel inadequate.
Perhaps the biggest problem that plagues our world is the pursuit of material gains. We equate happiness with cars, villas and foreign vacations.
In my opinion, the  
only
 way to beat  
stress
 is to look for meaning in life.  
Instead
 of rushing after material gains, we should look inward and connect with our true nature. Setting priorities is  
equally
  important
. We should ask ourselves what we  
want
 to achieve in our  
lives
. Once we have a  
clear
  idea
 of our goals, we can toil towards them at our  
own
 pace. This approach actually  
makes
 our  
lives
 a lot less stressful.