Oh God its been so long since I saw my baby blogger!!
Argh, have been so busy lately. Got 4 huge assignments due right after Christmas. English Essay, bio essay, chemistry lab report, bio test, art final project, art competition work AND to top it all off I am getting braces that week(: Great. So no Christmas 'holidays' for me.
And to be honest I have to work extra hard this year to get to DP (IB's Diploma Programme). And to get into DP I need all 6's and 7's (out of 7-.-). Hmm, working on that as well. So anyway. I have been really stressed lately so thought I should write about how I kind of reduce the stress. So here it goes guys!
1) Listen it out!
Hmm, I dont know but music speaks to me. It is weird but whenever I am really tired and feel emotionally breaking down, I listen to music and make myself relieved for atleast half an hour. I mean, come on. You do have half an hour! So listen it all out! Tune up your music and sing along as loud as possible even, it does make things better and makes you feel much lighter afterwards.
2) Take a Day off.
I know I know, it is not as easy at it sounds but you honestly need a break! Not for too long though otherwise you might lack behind. So maybe pick a day in a week or if too busy in a month? And on that day you will refuse yourself from working. But make sure this does not happen to much otherwise you will lack behind and that will do no good to your stress level at the end. Take a day off and just relax yourself, watch a movie, go out with friends, go out with family, enjoy yourself and do not think about course work or any other test etc. !WARNING! if you have a test due the next day, pospond your free day, you do not want to fail after all that hard work, now do you?
3) Don't work for others, work for yourself and think about your rewards!!
I mean, hello? You do want a reward for working hard, now dont you? So dig yourself into books for a long time and then at one point stop AND think about how beautiful life will be once you pass this test or your work. But again !WARNING! do not get into your imagination for too long, you will forget your work. So keep in mind your reward and goal!
4) Pamper yourself.
If you are a girl, hey get out of your books and tune up some music and get out your favourite nailpolish and get to work! Make yourself feel special and pamper yourself every now and then. And if you are a boy, (I am not a boy so I might not know what you guys do) pamper yourself with a good game of Black Ops! Get on that old xbox/Playstation and start your work and kill some N00BS;)
5) Do Yoga.
Yoga is such a helpful thing. Don't go to the really complex yoga things cause for some reason I find them really stressful. I mean breath in and out and stay in a comfertable position but don't let anyone near u and forget the world for 10 minutes. !TIP! Put your phone on a 10 minute alarm. And just sit in your yoga position and relax. Don't open your eyes until your alarm goes off, and don't answer to anyone until the time is finished.
6) Pray (if you have a religion)
Praying is like talking to God and explaining to God how he can help you. Do not forget he is around you all the time. Pray for at least 5 minuted, and stay happy. I am a Muslim so I might have different views from you all but I pray regularly and am proud of it. I don't just do it for the sake of getting into heaven but also for my own peace of mind. I mean, I don't want to worry all the time on dying any minute and still not getting into heaven. So hey, talk to God and make yourself feel relieved from everything. If you believe that God is the one that created you, then you should also know he is the only one who can take you onto the right path.
7) Stay positive!!
Nothing will go right once you are negative, and if you are nervous at a test and stressed all night drinking coffee, that would not help. Keep calm and aim for good grades and tell yourself you can do it! And if you get a low grade, don't worry too much. My chemistry teacher told me last night on the parents teacher evening, ''You work hard but you are still not ready to take out the fruit off the tree branches. Just keep watering your tree and keep it up, you will rise. And ambition is the key to success!'' So stay positive and aim for higher grades and it will give you a less of a headache.
8) Don't use wrong techniques to reduce stress, they will cause other problems later on!
Being a teenager can cause you smoking or even using drugs to reduce your stress. But if you think about it, you are just putting something off for tomorrow. You are basically putting off stress of today to tomorrow. If you start smoking or using drugs it can cause problems later on in life which will cause stress. So putting it off will not help either. So stay away from it!
9) Write down your stress.
Sometimes talking to yourself actually helps. If you are having stress due to not only college related subjects but also personal things that could not be shared with friends and family get a diary and write everything you feel while you are stressed. Write down why, when, where and how you can avoid it.
10) Stay happy and enjoy life like there is no tomorrow!
Stress can also be 'gone' by just forgetting about the world and living happy. 'You don't know when or how you will die', that is what my mum always tells me. She says, 'why live unhappily and forget God if you don't even know about the next second in your life?'. And it all makes sense, we plan way too much and end up with nothing. So always stay on the bright side of the world and stay relaxed most of the time.
And now, this being a VERY long blog I want you to stay possitive and reduce your stress;) Hope it helped,
Good luck,
Love,
Ramsha xx
