By the title of this post, I hope you all know that this post is going to be about STRESS – my favorite topic. I’m going to give you a little sneak peek into the week in the life of RUBEN! This past week, I was jam packed with activities (an inevitable occurrence in a college student’s life). How did I do it??? I guess I learned how to manage my stress without killing myself over it. FIRST, my four exams were TOUGH. I started studying for the tests two weeks in advance. One thing that really helped me was studying for each test for only an hour at a time. For some reason, this worked really well for me. My physics teacher told me that the brain can only focus on a subject for fifty minutes or so (please don’t quote me, lol).
Anyway, aside from the tests, I had two performances; one for Gospel Choir and another for the International Student Dinner. The time I spent practicing for these I counted as free time; which was fine for me because I love singing. Make sure that when you do have free time, spend it doing something that you love like writing, drawing, singing, watching movies; that way you can do something productive while giving yourself a break from all that studying.
Another thing that relieved some stress, for me, was writing things in my planner and crossing them off. Just the idea of crossing them off makes me feel like I have conquered something, that I’m victorious, and that I am awesome! By the end of the week, I find it a joy to look back at my planner with everything scratched up and done, forever!
There are many things that can be done to relieve stress and to manage time, these are just three of the things that I do to take care of this busy college life. Just remember to breathe when you have stress. Take time to sit alone, or with friends, and relax. But remember not too relax for too long because you need to prepare! So face every stressful week with an organized planner with a pen in hand to cross out, scratch up, and eliminate those tests, assignments, and meetings! Go get em!
Ruben ’14
Accounting and Business Administration
