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The Secret to Stress Management There is a way to get around the stress that you will encounter daily at school. The best thing you can do to limit stress is to be organized and prepared. I like to use Outlook Calendar in combination with the student planner, which you will invariably see stacked all over campus at the beginning of the semester. When I am first given the syllabus for a class, I enter all of the assignments and test dates into my Outlook. Every assignment I am given in class I write in the student planner and then transfer it into my Outlook, which also contains my thousands of other non-school related obligations, and makes it easier to manage my time, according to what is due. You need a quiet place to study; a place that is off-limits to everyone but you. I have procured such an area of the house (my little brother’s old room) that is fully stocked with everything I need: a laptop, paper, reference book, pens and highlighters, an endless supply of coffee, all of my school books, and a door, which is closed during my study time. I like to call it my “cockpit,” but feel free to name yours whatever you like, as long as it’s only yours. Use all of your available time. I record lectures and listen to them in the car. I carry the books I need for class and study during my breaks at work. I read in the doctor’s office and flip through note cards in the grocery line. If you are lucky enough to have a child of reading age, they are always a willing participant on long car rides (for a price, usually a movie or dinner out) to quiz you with a study guide. Finally, take time off! I never study on Friday or Saturday, so that I can spend time with my family. When Sunday night comes, I’m all “back to business,” but I had that nice break and I feel so refreshed and rejuvenated. |
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Morgan S.