My daily struggle is how do I balance
these feelings and still manage to get my work done? Having to deal with both
of these power hitters culminates in a lot of stress. That stress was making me
feel like I was being ripped apart and pulled in too many different directions.
I decided that I needed to find a release for these feelings. Something that
was unrelated to assignments and responsibilities, and completely unrelated to
school. I started my adventure by researching some ways to manage stress and
anxiety so that I could better prepare myself for those battles between my
anxiety and depression. If I could manage at least one of them, then I felt I
could take control of my life (a college student can only dream). Everyone likes to feel
productive and sometimes the clutter of every day gets in the way of
concentrating or physically doing work. Working out gives people the outlet to
release those thoughts and to focus on one thing for a certain amount of time.
I felt like I was studying longer and harder and doing better on assignments
than I had previously been doing. If I had to change anything I would have set
more structured parameters for how I conducted the experiment. I would have
liked to explore a specific feeling and how exercise changed that feeling
instead of using a broad spectrum like mood.
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