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20 Ways To Destress This Semester

Do not let the stress get you down.

Jesze Doleh

Sep 24, 2018

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Feeling the stress of the school year already? Here are a few ways you can destress.

1. Breathe

2. Chew gum

3. Clean

4. Craft

5. Dance

6. Doodle

7. Exercise

8. Hug a tree

9. Listen to music

10. Nap

11. Netflix

12. Pets

13. Read

14. Say no

15. Smile

16. Socialize

17. Spend time outside

18. Stretch

19. Treat yourself

20. Write

Whatever you can do to momentarily take your mind off of everything else.

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20 Ways To Destress This Semester

Do not let the stress get you down.

1. Breathe

2. Chew gum

3. Clean

4. Craft

5. Dance

6. Doodle

7. Exercise

8. Hug a tree

9. Listen to music

10. Nap

11. Netflix

12. Pets

13. Read

14. Say no

15. Smile

16. Socialize

17. Spend time outside

18. Stretch

19. Treat yourself

20. Write

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I've realized that being nice to myself is actually really important.

1. Learn to say no, and actually mean it

2. Realize that doing your best does not mean sacrificing your health

3. Enjoy your own company

4. Realize that not everyone deserves a front-row seat to your life (and you don't need a front-row seat to theirs)

5. Give yourself grace

Merry (early) Christmas!

1. Play Christmas Music

2. Start Buying Gifts Early

3. Decorate

4. Eat/Drink Seasonal Treats

5. Dress For The Holiday

Despite the cold, you might find that there is a lot to love about winter.

1. Snow- at least its pretty outside

2. Christmas Cookie Making

3. Holiday Drinks

4. Christmas movies

5. Holidays

6. Spending time with the family and friends

7. SNOW DAYS

8. Winter break

9. holiday cards

10. parties

11. shopping for gifts

12. Holiday songs

13. Holiday decorations

14. making snowmen and having snowball fights

15. Skating outside

16. Skiing and Snowboarding

17. wearing cozy things

18. Cheesy winter dates

19. snuggling by the fire

20. Kisses under the mistletoe.

21. spreading holiday cheer

Make yourself, give to others.

1. Candy filled ornaments or jars

2. Homemade cookies or fudge

3. Slipper Stuffers

4. Mason jar snow globes

5. Handmade soaps and bath bombs

It happens to all of us, the weeks between Thanksgiving and Christmas the catch up with you.

1. Finals are in less than two weeks. Yes, that’s right. Less than two weeks.

2. The pressure of learning while starting to study for your final exams starts to get to you.

3. Right when you get back, you’ll make a list of all your assignments, and the low key anxiety starts to settle in.

4. You try to have a social life, but you then realize how much work you actually have.

5. You start to look over your syllabi and start to question if you even retained any information from the semester?

6. You end up giving yourself a daily pep-talk telling yourself you can do it.

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