Sunday, September 9, 2012

Managing Stress

Hello everyone! First of all let me say this has been a very stressful week for me. I have had sorority recruitment which has been every day, every night and basically taking over my life. Well, here I am again and this week I thought it would be appropriate to post about how to manage stress.

The number one way I help myself become less stressed in the heat of the moment is to just close my eyes and take deep breaths.  Breathe in, count to 5, and then release.  Another thing I have been doing that has kept my stress under control is to remember to always have a positive attitude.  No matter how many things I have to do, or how hard a class may be, I remember to stay positive.

This year I decided I would keep a planner to help keep myself more organized.  This has helped me tremendously with remembering what homework I have and not worrying about forgetting about an assignment.  Stress can also come from not getting enough sleep so I make sure every night I get at least 8 hours of sleep or else I will become angry and not be pleasant to be around.

If you are just having a bad day and are overwhelmed, a good idea to relieve that stress would be to go for a walk or jog around your neighborhood.  I personally love to end the day with a nice relaxing walk around campus.

-Elizabeth Burgett



1 comment:

  1. It seems like you blog is coming along fine and the topic is interesting.

    I think you could work on developing a more "polished" tone. I like that you try to keep it personal, but you can do that while also increasing the professionalism.

    I would also consider changing the font to something a bit easier to read. I like that you keep your blog's atmosphere fun and laid back, however.

    ~Zoe.

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