Wednesday, November 25, 2009

End of the semester anxiety

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. :)

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