{"id":41897,"date":"2020-07-21T07:51:09","date_gmt":"2020-07-21T11:51:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/lifeatuoft\/?p=41897"},"modified":"2020-07-20T15:52:31","modified_gmt":"2020-07-20T19:52:31","slug":"how-to-de-stress-and-self-motivate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/lifeatuoft\/2020\/07\/21\/how-to-de-stress-and-self-motivate\/","title":{"rendered":"How to De-Stress and Self-Motivate"},"content":{"rendered":"Last week I attend Academic Success\u2019 workshop titled <\/span>Strategies to Reduce Stress, Increase Motivation, and Achieve Your Goals<\/span><\/i>. The tips and links that were given in the workshop were things such as:<\/span>\r\n\r\nFirst, identify difficulties and sources of stress such as imposter syndrome. Then:<\/span>\r\n

Plan Ahead<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n

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  1. make a schedule (for as far ahead as possible aka know that you have an essay due on Dec 10)<\/li>\r\n \t
  2. balance sleep, school, social<\/li>\r\n \t
  3. use the assignment calculator<\/a><\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n\"Agenda.\"<\/a>\"Agenda.\"<\/a>\r\n

    Use Resources<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n

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    1. make an <\/span>appointment with Academic Success <\/a><\/span><\/li>\r\n \t
    2. make an <\/span>appointment with Health and Wellness\u00a0<\/a><\/span><\/li>\r\n \t
    3. attend workshops<\/a> to feel motivated<\/li>\r\n \t
    4. use a meditation app<\/span><\/a><\/li>\r\n \t
    5. try \u201dtapping\u201d meditation<\/a> to calm thoughts<\/span><\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\nIn my experience, no matter how much I plan and manage time, there is no way to avoid the pile up of stress that comes from midterm and exam season. After the workshop I started thinking about my own strategies for dealing with stress and motivation--ones that work sometimes but not always. I wanted to figure out where I was going wrong. Then, coincidentally my friend recommended to me The Burnout Society<\/a> by Byung-Chul Han, which is a theory about why people get stressed. It was perfect timing.\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\nI\u2019ve only just started reading it, but I\u2019ve managed to pinpoint my stress factor!<\/span>\r\n\r\nThe book explains that we are often stressed because we seek positivity from others. The only way to be happy is to find success, specifically success that is recognized by others. However, that means people cannot find happiness without outside validation, and that makes success something to be stressed about.\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\nI realized that yeah, I do think like this. I assume that the higher my academic marks are then the happier I will be. That\u2019s why I get so worried about performing well.\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\nSo then I asked myself: How can I feel happy without outside validation? What do I do just for myself?\u00a0<\/strong><\/span>\r\n\r\nThere\u2019s only one thing I could come up with. I\u2019ve kept a journal for most of my life. It's something that makes me feel successful without having someone else see it as an accomplishment. I don\u2019t share my journals, and I never plan to. And yet, I write in them constantly. I\u2019ve also continuously recognized that my stress levels decrease when I journal.\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\n\"Journal.\"<\/a>\r\n\r\nIt took a pandemic to realize this, but that\u2019s because our society is all about go-go-go, and once you accomplish something, you must do something next. There is no limit to what you think you can achieve, and for that reason, we don\u2019t stop. But that\u2019s what leads to stress.<\/span>\r\n\r\nIt\u2019s okay to press pause; that\u2019s when you appreciate yourself and how far you\u2019ve come. <\/span>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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