Stress Management
March 06, 2008 | Tutor
Tips
Stress
Management for the over-worked, under-paid and highly-involved
college student.
Managing the stress sometimes feels more exhausting than the stress itself.
I do not claim to be an expert or authority of any kind on stress management, but I do have a few tips that I have found work pretty well for me (most of the time). Since I fully recognize that I am not the only one out there with a schedule that is super-crazy, I thought I would share a few of the things I have learned over the years.
1. Try not to have complaining competitions with peers or teachers. We’re all busy and trying to make yourself sound busier than someone else, will only stress you out more and it will do nothing for the relationship with the person you’re competing with. If you must complain – do it in a blog, e-mail or on a piece of paper that you can throw away or delete. That way you get it all out, but don’t upset anyone else in the process.
2. Prioritize! I am constantly reminding myself that not everything will get done when I really wanted for it to. It will all get done, I know it will; somehow it always works out that way. But we have to be patient with ourselves, get things done well the first time around and put off other things that really can wait.
3. Take time to relax. After accomplishing a major task or goal for the day, sit down and watch a favorite TV show for an hour, go to the gym, call your best friend, take a nap … anything that would be considered “me time.” This helps keep anxiety down and makes it much easier to start the next task.
I’m willing to bet there are other good suggestions out there, but when it comes to having what feels like a bazillion papers to write on top of day-to-day tasks, these are three things that seem to help me.
posted by: Susan
Managing the stress sometimes feels more exhausting than the stress itself.
I do not claim to be an expert or authority of any kind on stress management, but I do have a few tips that I have found work pretty well for me (most of the time). Since I fully recognize that I am not the only one out there with a schedule that is super-crazy, I thought I would share a few of the things I have learned over the years.
1. Try not to have complaining competitions with peers or teachers. We’re all busy and trying to make yourself sound busier than someone else, will only stress you out more and it will do nothing for the relationship with the person you’re competing with. If you must complain – do it in a blog, e-mail or on a piece of paper that you can throw away or delete. That way you get it all out, but don’t upset anyone else in the process.
2. Prioritize! I am constantly reminding myself that not everything will get done when I really wanted for it to. It will all get done, I know it will; somehow it always works out that way. But we have to be patient with ourselves, get things done well the first time around and put off other things that really can wait.
3. Take time to relax. After accomplishing a major task or goal for the day, sit down and watch a favorite TV show for an hour, go to the gym, call your best friend, take a nap … anything that would be considered “me time.” This helps keep anxiety down and makes it much easier to start the next task.
I’m willing to bet there are other good suggestions out there, but when it comes to having what feels like a bazillion papers to write on top of day-to-day tasks, these are three things that seem to help me.
posted by: Susan
