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5 Ways To De-Stress

Things all overwhelmed college students MUST do!

Jennifer Wrzala

Mar 27, 2017

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Between school work, actual work, extracurriculars, family, and friends, many college students are stressed out to the max! It is important to take a step back and do something for yourself, so hopefully these five de-stressing techniques will make your week a little less overwhelming!

1. Put your phone down

Take at least 30 minutes of complete silence. This time can be used for homework or simply laying down, but keep technology far away! There is always a lot going on whether it be in social media, group text messages, or email, and it can be very overwhelming when you have a lot of tasks to complete! Give yourself those few minutes to recharge and escape the anxiety.

2. Listen to music

For me, country music seems to do the trick! It makes me happy, relaxed, and motivated! Find the genre that does that for you and listen for as long as you need!

3. Treat yourself

Take a bath. Eat a piece of Chocolate. Go to the spa! There are many ways to take a little time for just you, and you should take advantage of it! This can be used as a time to block out anything causing the stress, and you can focus on your own happiness and relaxation.

4. Remember everything happens one day at a time

The serenity prayer is a great way to remember that we should not get too far ahead of ourselves "God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change; courage to change the things I can; and wisdom to know the difference. Living one day at a time; enjoying one moment at a time; accepting hardships as the pathway to peace."

Even if you do not practice religion, this prayer is a good reminder and teaches us all something very important about life: Do not give up, and focus on one problem at a time.

5. Wake up and go to bed earlier

Many say that you wake up feeling more motivated if you give yourself more time in the morning to get what you need to get done. Keep this in mind if you find yourself struggling to meet important deadlines. It is still important to get your full 7-8 hours of sleep a night, so make sure you go to bed earlier to avoid becoming overtired.

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3. Treat yourself

4. Remember everything happens one day at a time

5. Wake up and go to bed earlier

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1. When course schedules are released and you have a conflict between two required classes.

2. When there is only one section of a popular course.

3. Receiving the 18,000 emails reminding you to register ASAP.

4. When you need to see an advisor, but they are too busy/unresponsive.

5. Trying not to dress like a bum for your appointments with your advisors/department heads.

6. When you have a perfectly planned out schedule, and one class ruins it.

7. Carefully moving things around to accommodate a different class/section.

8. Waking up at 6:00 a.m. for your enrollment time.

9. Concocting a new schedule at your enrollment time after your original plan gets changed.

10. Getting into a class and filling the last available seat.

11. When all of your classes finally go through.

12. Realizing that you forgot a class that was a pre-requisite for everything else.

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1. When you have to provide an "interesting fact" for your first day ice-breaker.

2. When your professor is babbling on and on in his lecture.

3. When you edit your friend's paper and they get an A.

4. When it's 2 AM and you remember you have a test tomorrow.

5. When you finish taking the test and you're pretty sure you failed...

6. ...but then you get the test back and somehow passed.

7. When you've been up for 12 hours straight writing a paper.

8. And then you manage to stay awake in class the next day.

9. When you have to butter up your professor for an extra credit opportunity.

10. When you're assigned a group project.

11. And your group-mates are trying to chat about life instead of the assignment.

12. When it's your last class of the day and you're about to go home.

13. But then you remember rent is due tonight and the anger comes back.

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