STRESS

For this weeks tech-assign on Stress, the two strategies I used were a Stress Diagram and 5 Minute Escape. I used the stress diagram so I could map out the main things that stress me out and figure out how I can calm myself down more when I'm feeling real stressed. I used 5 Minute Escape to help me get away from the stress and to calm me down. While mapping out the Stress Diagram I realized there are five major things that stress me out and can actually have an effect on my day. Papers, Exams, how busy I am through out the day, lacrosse, and trying to figure out my major are the biggest things that stress me out. The most emphasis goes on papers and exams because they are the most important task for each of my classes. It just stresses me out even thinking about papers and exams. The least emphasis has to go on lacrosse since it can actually calm me down sometimes. The only time it really stresses me out is if I'm in a slump. Mapping out my top five stressors really helped me to see what causes the most stress and what causes the least stress. Since papers and exams cause the most stress for me I need to figure out away to make my studying experience and my experience writing better. If I use the 10 min technique when I write papers I think it will relieve a lot of my stress while I'm writing because I won't feel so much pressure to have to write a full paper in one night. I can spend snippets of my day working on it until it is finished. Also using 20 minute test prep to study for exams helps me because I basically have a practice test to help me study. For 5 minute escape I took one of my all time favorite videos on youtube and watched it a couple times. This is an adaption to the strategy in the book but it is something that relieves stress for me. I like this strategy because whenever I am feeling overwhelmed I can turn to the video and feel some relief. The reason I watch the video I'm posting is because it makes me feel like you can accomplish anything you set your mind too. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-i3g-RvC-iA&feature=related