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"All Is Well"

So there's this Hindi movie called 3 Idiots, in which the main character says that when life gets too hard your heart starts beating really fast which makes you scared of the task ahead. But your heart is really stupid and will react to everything around you. His advice was to put your hand over your heart and say "all is well" until you start to feel calmer. This will give you strength to take on the task ahead. I followed the advice the other day.

I was working on my badge and an essay for another class, and then I remembered I needed to read an article for another class and read a book for another class and I couldn't help but panic. I started thinking there was no way I could do all this in such little time, there was no way I could finish any of the tasks in time!

But then I remembered the advice. So I closed my eyes, took a deep breath, put my hand over my heart and said: "all is well." I did this for about a minute and each time I told myself "all is well", I started feeling better. So when my heart calmed down, I opened my eyes and started scheduling my tasks from biggest to smallest. (Time-wise) Then I focused on each individual task so that I don't completely lose my mind, and slowly made my way through. I went to sleep late that night, but that's a better alternative than stressing out and doing nothing.

If anyone else reading this is also feeling stressed, then I recommend you try this. I know it's cheesy, and it will feel really ridiculous while you're telling yourself "all is well" because obviously, all is not well. But the main goal here is to calm down so you can do what you need to do. If you keep telling yourself you're stressed, then you're gonna feel stressed. But if you try telling yourself everything is ok, then you might find some strength to get things done.

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