Stress

Stress

Stress can evolve from many events that happen throughout each and every day. For example, my stressors include: pressure from work, girlfriend problems, money, school, or basically anything that has occurred that has hindered my mood in any way. There are two different forms of stress, long term and short term stress. Long term stress can range anywhere from an illness in your family to the amount of debt that you have to pay off once you graduate from college. Long term stress effects people more than short term stress does on average, because most of the time these things are more of an importance to your life. Short term stress is pretty much just the opposite. Some short term stressors are: a bad grade on a test, messing up at work, breaking up with a significant other, or worrying about the clothes that you are going to wear that evening. My new objectives that I plan to implement into my life to help me to cope with the many forms of stress that I deal with go as follows: going to the gym to work off some of the built up tension, going to bed early to ensure a good night's rest, and do my work before the day that it is due.

Going to the gym is something that I feel that everyone should do at least a couple days here and there to keep themselves in shape. Staying in shape not only makes a person look better to everyone else, but it ultimately makes you feel better about yourself. Having a low self-esteem is a major factor towards many people's stress and anxiety. There is no better feeling when you're down in the dumps then to have somebody come along and just make your day by a simple compliment about the weight that you've recently lost, or the muscles that they've never noticed. The gym is a great way to rid yourself of any anger that has built up as well, which in turn is also stress. There are so many different workouts that can easily take your mind off of anything that has been bothering you, and focus it on getting the best results. After a long hard workout at the gym, although your body is physically tired, it's also staying flexible and able to do everyday things. I feel like implementing the gym into my schedule will help me tremendously to lessen the amount of stress there is in my life.

Sleep is one of the most important elements to keeping the brain functioning as well as it should be. Without sleep, a person cannot perform regular tasks as easily as they normally would. Although it may not seem so, getting a full night's sleep of eight or so hours will help your brain recuperate from the tasks it had performed the day before. Sleeping wise, my normal routine is not what I would like it to be. I plan to start to go to bed earlier than I am used to, this way I will not be tired the next day while I'm doing simple tasks. By going to bed early, my sleep schedule will be changed for the better. Currently,