Tips for Stressed Out Students

It's an incredibly stressful time of year for us academics, and i just want to share somethings that i've found really helpful in trying to get through the mountain of work ahead of me.

a) Breathing - long breath out through the mouth, short breath in through the nose, repeat.

b) Rolling your shoulders back - when our brains are spinning we tend to hunch over, all the stress collects in our upper body

c) Planting your feet on the ground - reach down through your toes and heals to get out of your upper body and roots yourself in your whole body

d) 50 minutes of work, 10 minutes of break time - this is so helpful. if we sit down and think, ok i'm not going to get up until i finish this 3000 word essay, pretty overwhelming and unsustainable. but if we sit down with only the intention of doing 50 minutes of work at a time, so much more managable and way less scary. on my 10 minute break time i like to play guitar hero and rock out. doing something that gets you moving and creative is just great.

So these are my tips, try em out and much luck and respect to all my fellow stressouts!!!