Manage your life / Robert L. Williams, James D. Long.

Previous eds. published as: Toward a self-managed life style.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Life planning: Stormy weather, developing a plan for living; The prime wisdom, managing daily time and activities; Personal creation, a model for self-change -- Physical health management: The food connection, managing nutrition; The fullness of life, exercising for fitness; Agony or ecstasy, alcohol and drug use; A journey to NAIF, how to stop smoking -- Social fulfillment: Touching others, interpersonal communications; As lovely as a tree, long-term intimacy -- Professional satisfaction: Fulfilling a dream, developing academic skills; Entering the world of work, selecting and acquiring a job; I love my job but, managing your personal work -- Psychological health: The ropes course, managing stress; Whatsoever things are good, affirmative living.

Although [this text] can be used in a variety of courses in psychology, sociology, health, and education, its principal home would likely be in courses devoted to personal adjustment and development. The text provides coverage of most major areas of adult development (physical, interpersonal, professional, and psychological), but examines these areas from a personal management perspective. The text includes the necessary philosophical and technical background that the reader needs in order to analyze and modify behaviors that affect personal growth. The primary thrust of the text is toward psychological wellness and, more specifically, toward cultivating those personal perceptions and behaviors that serve more a preventive than a remedial function--To the instructor.