Time Management: Stress Connection Handout Activity

A contingency plan activity

A person doesn’t need to spend a lot of time and energy worrying about things that may never happen.

But the reality is that little things can happen each day to throw you off of your routine.

What would happen if:

Your child care provider can’t keep your children this week?
Your child gets sick in the night?
Your car doesn’t start?
You spill coffee on your jacket right before leaving home?
You have not been feeling well for several days?
The electricity goes off and you don’t have a wind-up alarm clock?

Now choose a situation and ask yourself: What if ...? Think of alternatives if it were to occur. Discuss in a small group or with family or friends different alternatives for each of your “what if ...” situations. You may get new ideas for helping your family deal with an unexpected event.

List below some “What if” situations that just happen. Now consider what you can do to avoid feeling the situation is an emergency, and allow you to approach your day with a positive attitude.

What are some of your family’s “What If’s” and “We can” ideas for positive action?

My “What If ...”

Ideas for “I can ...”

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