How to reduce stress and tension?

Mondern life is stressful ,people are always struggling hard to earn more menoy to pay off the mortgage for the car and the house .worse is that sometimes they have to compete with best friends for a job promotion or salary increase.all these and other various burdens render their nervous and anxious ,which undermines their psychological and physical well-being.
In the psychological aspect ,stress makes people irritable and fussy ;as for physical condition ,it brings insomnia on them and weakens their immunity .for all these negative consequence ,it is a must to find effective solution to eliminate or at least to alleviate tension and stress .
The first step is to find some hobbies to distract their mind from major concerns of life .such as listening to light music .taking care of plants or traveling .another possible solution is to talk to some trustworthy friends about the trouble .if necessary ,the depressed individual can consult a psychologist for some remedies .despite the existence of possible remedies ,it is important to prevent the occurence of tension beforehand .this can be achieved if an individual tries not to be too ambitious ;in other word ,learns to make compromises in life .