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How to Relax

The dreaded finals week is upon us! You know what this means: staying up late to catch up on work and trying not to fall asleep in your early classes. Keeping up with all the deadlines coming up, while trying to keep a positive attitude so that you can fool yourself into believing that you can get through this. It sucks. But here's what I found. The more you stress yourself out by not relaxing or not sleeping, the worse your results will be. If you don't relax, you won't be putting your best foot forward. And I look for pretty much any excuse to relax, so here's what I do when I get stressed:

1. Eat! Eating distracts me somehow because all of a sudden this food is the most important thing in the world. I start to realize how hungry I've been this whole time and give myself a break as I find something to eat around the house.

2. Sleep. The most important thing to remember is that your brain will not function if it doesn't get rest. You won't be wasting time if you take a nap or anything, because the alternative is freaking out about all the work you have to do, and having no idea on how to go about doing all that work. Stressing yourself out won't help. Go to sleep, figure it out later.

3. Laugh! Laughter is the best medicine! It can relax you long enough for you to come up with a schedule for yourself. Plus it's fun. Recently my sister got me into vines, and I have formed a habit of finding short vine compilations on YouTube so I can give myself a break and laugh for a while. It helps me a lot, I got through my last badge with this relaxation method. Find out what makes you laugh, and focus on that for a while instead of your assignments.

Hope my weird tips help!

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