Finals week is approaching and schoolwork is getting harder and more stressful by the minute. With final projects, papers, and coursework coming to an end, it can often feel like the end of your life. Yes, this time of year after Spring Break kicks all of our butts due to it being pre-finals time. Here are some tips to remain calm during these stressful times.

1. Eat your feelings

Sure, eating healthy is fun but NO way as soothing as eating unhealthy snack foods. Eat your favorite icecream or open up a bag of chips or even eat a bucket of fried chicken, it will make you feel better. By no means do not make it an unhealthy habit, but sometimes you need your comfort food.

2. Run and exercise to avoid responsibilities

The most productive way to stay calm is to completely ignore your responsibilities all together by working out for 3.5 hours. Since you ate that pint of ice cream anyway, it’s kind of necessary to go procrastinate at the gym.

3. Play with puppies

Playing with dogs or puppies is literally so stress relieving and it honestly makes you love yourself more. So take 10 minutes or 2 years to play with a dog and the stress will go away completely.

4. Call your mom

Your mom will ALWAYS have the best advice for whatever stressful situation you are in. Late on 2 papers, missed an exam, and have a project due at midnight?... Just call her and she will give you motivation to finish it all.

5. Think of how far you have come

You are a Junior in college… You have survived freshman year frat parties and the jerks that you met at them. You have been through finals week before at least 3 times and you survived. You gained the freshman 15 and worked it off and kept it off. YOU CAN GET THROUGH THIS WEEK.

6. Look at things day by day

Do not try to look at your planner and automatically be overwhelmed by all of the assignments and events you have to do. Just go day by day and take on assignments one at a time.

7. Remember how blessed you are

On a serious note, you might be pulling your hair out because of your stress level BUT you are so blessed. You are going to a great school trying to pursue your dreams. You have amazing friends and family that absolutely love you. The work load might be crazy right now but you can get through this.

Use these tips to remain calm despite how stressed you truly are. You will get through this semester and everything thing will work out. Just stay positive through everything and remember these hard times will be over soon.