The steps below are a quick way to help you manage stress and energy level.  Review the steps and then take the next five minutes to practice them.

1. Take your index fingers and thumbs and rub the cartilage in both of your ears.
2. Start at the bottom and be sure you are rubbing the cartilage, not just the lobe. Really roll it between your fingers.
3. Now move up your ear and rub the cartilage all the way around your ear, including the little one at the front of your ear.
4. When you finish, take your hands away from your ears.
5. Your ears should be feeling pretty warm by now, maybe even hot.

What you just did was to stimulate the energy points in the ears.  The ears, feet and hands have nerve endings that touch every part of the body.  Just like an acupuncturist stimulates those points very precisely, we just did it without the precision.  Your general energy should be a little higher now and you should be feeling a bit calmer, too.