Day 10.5 - The Stress is over?

Hi all! It’s Taekia again!

So, I want to close off this blogging series by thanking all of you for reading our blogs and joining in the conversation, you’ve shared some of what stresses you out and some of what helps relieve that stress.  On to the last post!

You’ve spent the past few weeks slaving away – in the common room, in the library, in the Great Hall during all your meals. You’ve been staring at that stupid book for hours and hours. There is sunlight peaking in and all your days seem to blend together and you still can’t manage to figure out the theory behind that stupid Transfiguration spell. Perhaps if you had actually gone to class that day.  All college students say that next semester you’ll do better, be more prepared, actually study. And perhaps you will, maybe next year some of us will start our Christmas shopping with MORE than a week to finish, or remember to mail in our bills instead of running to the shop just before closing.  We’ll ban together and find the magic to get through it, but for now. YOU’RE DONE! So, how do you de-stress after it’s all said and done?

I have a few fantastic suggestions:

1. Sit back and watch movies all day (or TV).  A few personal go-to lazy-day movies: Transformers, 27 Dresses, and Bones (TV series).

2. Go shopping. Okay this is a pre- or post- Christmas suggestion. However, buying new shoes or really cool electronics can be theraputic (just remember not to let them take you back to a stressed place money-wise!)

3.  Bake a cake. Eat the batter. Eat the icing. Then Eat the cake. It’s entirely contradictory to Elizabeth’s exercising idea, but well sweets are AWESOME.

4.  Do something a little bit stupid like staying up too late, sleeping in past noon.

5. Play in the snow if you’re up north. Play in the sun, if you’re luckier than some of us.

6. Let your mind wander! Daydream, write a fanfic.

7. Read a book with absolutely no intellectual qualities.

8. Go to the gym or stay on your couch.

9. Do what you want to do, what you think is important.

After spending a long time stressed and working towards a goal, perhaps making that holiday dinner or finishing that final exam, it HELPS SO MUCH to say enough is enough. I’m living for me, because in the end that’s the best way to reduce your stress.  You’ll forgive yourself the indulgence, I swear!