Simply do one major thing from your to-do list before you do anything else each day.  That means before you check email or phone messages, before you do the social rounds at work or stop by the water cooler.  Do not pass Go, do not collect $200, do not start playing Monopoly or Angry Birds.   Do not do anything else until you've moved ahead a major project or goal in your life.

- Craig Ballantyne, Early to Rise

Avoiding the things you need to do doesn't actually help you avoid stress.  That math test is still going to be there tomorrow.

-Trevor Romain & Elizabeth Verdick, Stress Can Really Get on Your Nerves!