Reduce Stress Essay

Hey, are you stressed? Well so am I. Unfortunately, stress consumes us all whether it’s because of academics, careers, family, friends, or other things. There are plenty of ways of reducing stress and even getting rid of it. Although stress can be seen as a bad thing, it is also good since it helps an individual prioritize what’s important due to the amount of stress felt on a certain topic. For example, this paper increased my stress each day it came closer to being due, so it was prioritized for me to do to help reduce my stress. Stress can also be seen as bad since it can inflict on a persons’ physical health, and lead to rather rash decisions like sleep depriving ones’ self to finish an essay or study for a test. That leaves the question is how can one reduce bad stress, and keep good

Reducing stress will keep me on top of my work and my grades up. Sadly, to reduce stress I must limit my involvement on campus because I want to spend as much time into my studies to stay ahead until I can handle my work load. Once I do that I can start to add activities slowly and keep my grades up. Along with reducing stress I need to plan ample time to do my work and trade time from my friends along with personal relaxation to my studies. Bettering my time management is something I need to work on. In high school I would coast through most of it, and get good grades. I would barely have to study to get a “B” or “A” on a quiz or test. In college it is different, and I will have to give time into studying for those as well as developing quality essays. When I give time to studying, there will be changes. My attention span is not particularly long, so techniques like rewriting information, flash cards, and skimming lecture notes should help me. In the future I want to develop more techniques for me to study and retain information