Is it only me? I feel like it's not, I people watched on campus today (not creepy at all by the way!) and I noticed a lot of people looked stressed, unhappy, and a lot of them were doing the long, drawn out sighhhhhhh.
It hits me hard, every semester! It's not that I've procastinated, and the anxiety gets worse every semester...or at least it feels like it does. I literally have an end-of-semester project due in every class, which by the way, I'm taking 18 credits so you can imagine how fun it is. Anyway due to my frequent anxiety, I've decided to search ways to help you all cope with your stress and anxiety...and hopefully learn a few new PRODUCTIVE stress-relieving options myself.
Some of the most common stress-relievers (and my favorites)
1. Yoga! Personally, I find yoga relaxing.
But sometimes you need a quick fix, papers are stressing you out and such...
2. Take a break...from whatever it is thats causing the stress. Walk away...run if you have to lol...but anyway put it down, come back to it in five minutes.
3. Change your attitude. As said by Winston Churchill, " Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference". Positive attitudes people! You can do it, it will all work out, things could always be worse, its not the end of the world, etc, etc. You'll be surpised what a positive attitude can do for your day.
4. Laugh, laugh at anything, laugh at yourself, watch something funny. Laughter is the best medicine!
5. Breathe. Obviously you breathe but take in a few deep breaths,let the oxygen in your mentally exhausted head!
Some funny relaxation techniques I found on readers digest.com were
-watch a funny video clip from the office
-pet a kitten (GENTLY!)
-drink a glass of milk (random, I'll pass)
-hold a sleeping baby (could be creepy lol)
-pop some bubble wrap (because we all have extra bubblewrap laying around incase we get stressed...oh wait...normal people pop their bubble wrap as soon as they get it! no worries, theres a website you can buy bubble wrap from in times of an emergency...stock up!)
Thanks readersdigest for the awesome suggestions.
Anyway, I hope the end of the semester is less stressful for the rest of you, but if not, maybe this will help you. :)
Wednesday, November 25, 2009
Wednesday, November 11, 2009
1. Was it weird to add your professor as a friend?
Yess! Absolutely, I found it no more calming then adding my mother as a friend on Facebook. If I ask myself why, it is because I have way too much information on Facebook. Too many pictures, too many posts, and tJust the other day, as a joke with one of my friends I posted "spooning w/ mary" as my status. My mom first asked me what was spooning, which was hilarious in itself, but then proceeded to ask me if I was really spooning with her...was I dating women. Obviously again, hilarious. For me it was funny but these are the problems with posting the things we do on Facebook. All types of pictures and comments that people don't understand, take the wrong way, or downright probably shouldn't be up there. It’s weird. For a social networking site, that encourages social networking, we don't really promote ourselves well...I suppose depending on the person you’re promoting yourself too, that is. The thing is though, most people, myself, don't look at it in that sense. We don't think about how our personal page reflects us on others...some people might not care.
Take a look at these disturbing results from a random survey of 200 Facebook profiles and comments conducted by Peluchette and Karl in the article Examining Students’ Intended Image on Facebook:“What Were They Thinking?!”
“…42% had comments regarding alcohol, 53% had photos involving alcohol use, 20% had comments regarding sexual activities, 25% had seminude or sexually provocative photos, and 50% included the use of profanity (Peluchette & Karl, 2007). These authors also examined wall comment or public messages that individuals post on each others’ profiles and found that approximately 50% involved issues of partying, 40% involved negative comments about other people, 25% involved derogatory comments about employers, 18% involved sexual activities…”
Think about it from your mother’s perspective…or your professor’s. How about an employer’s? A little disturbing isn’t it.
2. Have any awkward situations arise from the information posted about you on Facebook?
Of course, who hasn’t? Who hasn’t dealt with a boyfriend questioning a curious comment from a guy he doesn’t know…or maybe he has met. Or a parent checking your pictures from the last frat party you attended, in which case you may have been too drunk to remember the pictures. I have very questionable pictures on Facebook. My profile has been monitored by my mother, my boyfriend, my ex-boyfriend, girls who didn’t like me and had someone else friend me to be nosey, my friends boyfriends, my friend’s ex-boyfriends, etc…Its obvious drama-central. Why keep it? Because who doesn’t love Facebook.
Here's a link to the event page I created on Facebook, in support of Gay abd Lesbian Youth.
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Pretending-to-Text-in-Awkward-Situations/112678439229?ref=nf#/event.php?eid=179434596089&index=1
This event post, ironically, caused mini havoc as well. Seeing as it was a Gala to support Gay and lesbian youth...and happened to post itself all over my profile as the creator and attending guest...I had a few people to answer to in the morning.
Yess! Absolutely, I found it no more calming then adding my mother as a friend on Facebook. If I ask myself why, it is because I have way too much information on Facebook. Too many pictures, too many posts, and tJust the other day, as a joke with one of my friends I posted "spooning w/ mary" as my status. My mom first asked me what was spooning, which was hilarious in itself, but then proceeded to ask me if I was really spooning with her...was I dating women. Obviously again, hilarious. For me it was funny but these are the problems with posting the things we do on Facebook. All types of pictures and comments that people don't understand, take the wrong way, or downright probably shouldn't be up there. It’s weird. For a social networking site, that encourages social networking, we don't really promote ourselves well...I suppose depending on the person you’re promoting yourself too, that is. The thing is though, most people, myself, don't look at it in that sense. We don't think about how our personal page reflects us on others...some people might not care.
Take a look at these disturbing results from a random survey of 200 Facebook profiles and comments conducted by Peluchette and Karl in the article Examining Students’ Intended Image on Facebook:“What Were They Thinking?!”
“…42% had comments regarding alcohol, 53% had photos involving alcohol use, 20% had comments regarding sexual activities, 25% had seminude or sexually provocative photos, and 50% included the use of profanity (Peluchette & Karl, 2007). These authors also examined wall comment or public messages that individuals post on each others’ profiles and found that approximately 50% involved issues of partying, 40% involved negative comments about other people, 25% involved derogatory comments about employers, 18% involved sexual activities…”
Think about it from your mother’s perspective…or your professor’s. How about an employer’s? A little disturbing isn’t it.
2. Have any awkward situations arise from the information posted about you on Facebook?
Of course, who hasn’t? Who hasn’t dealt with a boyfriend questioning a curious comment from a guy he doesn’t know…or maybe he has met. Or a parent checking your pictures from the last frat party you attended, in which case you may have been too drunk to remember the pictures. I have very questionable pictures on Facebook. My profile has been monitored by my mother, my boyfriend, my ex-boyfriend, girls who didn’t like me and had someone else friend me to be nosey, my friends boyfriends, my friend’s ex-boyfriends, etc…Its obvious drama-central. Why keep it? Because who doesn’t love Facebook.
Here's a link to the event page I created on Facebook, in support of Gay abd Lesbian Youth.
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Pretending-to-Text-in-Awkward-Situations/112678439229?ref=nf#/event.php?eid=179434596089&index=1
This event post, ironically, caused mini havoc as well. Seeing as it was a Gala to support Gay and lesbian youth...and happened to post itself all over my profile as the creator and attending guest...I had a few people to answer to in the morning.
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