Communications can make the difference
Establishing priorities in your life and letting others know where you are commig from and trying to include them in your life and your work can help to illiminate stress and build relationships.
This is a good point. Letting others know when they are creating stress for you gives them an opportunity to change the way they are doing things, hopefully for the better. It also lets them know that they are contributing factors when things don't go as you had planned.
These are great points David. Addressing problems early, before they escalate, is the key. While this may cause short term stress to briefly intensify, it can completely eliminate or greatly reduce stress we might otherwise experience in the future.
We are all preoccupied with different aspects of life and it's very easy to become thoughtless and even inconsiderate of others. This is usually quite annoying to others, and if left unaddressed can lead to explosive confrontations at times.
By communicating with someone early if you can anticipate a problem, you can diffuse a potentially worse situation later on. If you don't, you risk stressful situations which could escalate unnecessarily.
Indeed, setting expectations can help you build and maintain relationships while reducing stress.
