Stress Management

Hmm..what stresses me out. Everything! Haha. I would say that I definitely stress way too much about everything. School, friends, family, life in general. However, I would say that a lot of the stress is positive stress, like one of the chapters in Brain Rules said. Stressing about school can be a positive thing, especially when stressing makes me work harder in a class. I usually try and deal with stress through a positive outlet, like venting to my mom or exercising. Sometimes, it's very hard to deal with stress though, especially in college because it can feel as if you're on your own. I wouldn't say that my service site has been stressful at all. It's actually a pretty nice de-stresser to say the least. My mentee, Mya, is quite a positive person. It's also nice to interact with other mentors and their mentees and talk about what problems their facing in college and/or middle school. I would say that first week was pretty stressful simply because I didn't know how I would interact with my mentee or how she would respond to my trying to help her. Thankfully, it worked out great!