I'm ChillAs I sat down on Monday to write my essay on theme (previously mentioned in week 5 post) my mind was as blank as my screen. That's basically how it stayed the entire class period. Well that's okay, I thought, I mean I have the entire week. When my week started running up though, I found myself writing entire pages in 20 minute time frames, and good ones too, with minimal revision needed. This week I learned, or realized I guess, that I really work better under large amounts of stress, and for good reason too. Now, if you expect this to be a post bashing the public school system feel free to exit the page, because I'm not going to complain about free education. On what it has done to me though, yes. Not to be overdramatic, but I've been busy since about the seventh grade. There was always something that needed to be done- papers, worksheets, studying- I was always trying to finish something, and it always seemed as if there weren't enough hours in the day. This has caused constant stress for me. It did not take long for me to realize that to be successful in this hectic school system, I would need to operate at my best under large amounts of pressure. I only realized this subconsciously, I never actually put any pressure on myself to be better in these situations, but it has worked very well. I guess you could say that I've just been training myself all this time to work this way. I think out of all the lessons I've learned through public schooling, this is probably the most important- to be cool (and successful) under pressure. While we're on the topic of stress however, here are some stress relief tips I found immensely helpful (as I said, I never learned how to get rid of stress, just how to operate under it) https://www.helpguide.org/articles/stress/relaxation-techniques-for-stress-relief.htm
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