The Two Things About College Stress That No One Tells You About (And How To Deal With Them)
#1)Stress is cumulative.
You’ve probably heard something similar pertaining to sleep. What it means when people say “sleep is cumulative” is that your sleep debt builds over time. When I was in high school, classes started at 7:20AM. Then one year, they pushed back the start time to 7:40. Although it didn’t seem like much, every day we would get 20 extra minutes of sleep, every day for five days in a row. This meant that at the end of the school week, we had paid off over an hour of sleep debt.
The same applies to stress. It will only build unless you take a little bit of time each day to deal with whatever is on you plate.
#2) Procrastinating:
A wise man once said:
“Percentage wise, it is 100% easier not to do things than to do them. And so much fun not to do them! Especially when you were supposed to do them.“
Procrastination is so easy to do, and so hard to deal with. To avoid procrastinating, take these steps to maximize your productivity:
1.Put your phone on do not disturb. Zac Efron’s tweets can’t bother you if you’re not getting the notifications!
2.Right now, your screensaver probably says something along the lines of: “Natalie’s computer,” or maybe it’s, “Property of Natalie,” or “Zac Efron’s Wife.” It’s in your ABSOLUTE BEST INTEREST to change it to something more mean. This way, when you stop doing classwork on your computer, and instead mindlessly begin scrolling through your phone, all of a sudden, your screensaver will be yelling at you saying something like: “You’ve got a long to-do list, young lady,” or maybe it’s: “You should be doing that thing. Go do the thing,” or my personal favorite: “Who cares about the 10 best easter eggs you probably missed when you watched Quentin Tarantino’s movies?? Get your butt off Buzzfeed Natalie!”
3. Go to the library, specifically the quiet floors. Not only is it always quiet and peaceful all the time, but also there’s this: people are literally not allowed to talk to you, ever! No one can bother you for any reason. If you’re procrastinating on a quiet floor, then I applaud you, because that’s actually very hard to do. (that being said, the library is also a great place to avoid the following: talking to people, talking in general, and people #PeopleAreTheWorstSometimesLikeWhyAreYouBotheringMePleaseStop).