Cope Stress - Know How Stress can be very harmful if not being taken care of. I am a perfectionist and thus created a lot of stress in my daily live both in work and relationship. As time passes I learn from my experience and found some handy ways to reduce my stress. The most important rule in reducing stress is to keep things simple. Here are my 10 favourite ways to cope stress, they are handy, easily achievable and only take 30 minutes the most each. Most importantly, they are FREE.