How to manage stress

This goes along with my last post in a way... When you don't have good time management skills stress starts to kick in and you freak out and don't know what to do and you just make everything worse for yourself. I read a good article on mindtools.com that gives you 3 great ways to tackle stress and give you some relief. Before you tackle stress you need to identify the causes of stress and what their impacts are on you. Then you can you can use these 3 approaches to help deal with stress; action-oriented approach, emotion-oriented approach, and acceptance-oriented approach.

Managing your time plays a huge part in the action-oriented approach. If you do not manage your time the amount of work you have can cause you to have a whole lot of stress. Things like creating a to-list or not playing on your phone can help you manage your time better and cause less stress in your life. Its better if you take action and try to get your work done earlier so you have less stress on your plate.

A lot of the time stress comes from thinking negatively. This where the emotion-oriented approach becomes helpful. You much change what you think about stressful situations and learn how to think more positively. This way you feel more comfortable in stressful situations.

 Finally, acceptance-oriented approaches are helpful when you have no control of a situation and you can't change the outcome. Some things to help these types of situations are using meditation or breathing techniques to calm yourself down. Talking with family, friends or even a counselor can be a huge help for some people too. Finally, taking a break and exercising or even napping can help a whole lot and give you some time to think things over and relieve a ton of stress on you shoulders. I really enjoyed reading this article and hopefully it helps!

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  1. Mark BonicaApril 9, 2017 at 4:52 PM

    sounds interesting - you're timing is appropriate - no link.

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  2. Erin McNamaraApril 24, 2017 at 8:44 AM

    Time management is something that I've really had to master this semester. Between having 5 classes, a job and a leadership position in the greek community, I've found myself glued to my agenda book and constantly making post-it note lists to keep myself organized.

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