Stress

Stress is something everyone has due to many different things. It is something that can take over and distract you from getting things done. This week we talked about stress management. I used the strategy A Day at a Time to help me reduce stress. This is a strategy that is good for kinesthetic learners like myself and can also work for visual learners. It can work for any class or anything in general.

What you do for a day at a time is before bed at night, list out the 5 items that are causing you stress. The next day, try to address each of these and once you do it cross it out. Things that you do not accomplish keep on the list for the next day.

I used this for my daily activities as well as WGS 203 and MAT 122. At night before bed I wrote out my 5 stress starters. They were finding articles for wgs log, writing a portion of the log, studying for math test, going to math office hours and doing my math homework. The next day when I woke up I started my day with finding articles for wgs and was able to then cross this off of my list. I also attended math office hours did my math homework and reviewed for my test. I was not able to write a portion of my log so I kept that on my list for the next night. I continued this for the entire week until my stress level decreased.

This strategy helped me because I was able to see the factors that were stressing me out and accomplish them so I could eliminate that issue. This is a great strategy for everyone to use because it helps reduce your stress levels greatly.