Stress-Leah Noble

April and May are just naturally the most stressful months for highschoolers. In April teachers are cramming everything you haven't learned yet into a few weeks in preparation for either an AP test or EOC in May or for the final at the end of the month. With so much to do and so little time to do it, things around this time of the year get stressful for everyone. I am lucky in that I usually don't get too stressed out about things, but occasionally I feel overwhelmed by the amount of stuff I have to do that I do feel stressed. When this happens, I find the best thing to do is to not do anything. Whether this be watching Netflix or playing guitar for an hour, these kinds of activities help me forget about all the stuff I have to do (for the moment) and clear my mind so that I can return later to get it all done. Another thing that I do to relive stress is cleaning my room. This is definitely an odd remedy, but I just can't focus when my room is messy and cleaning it makes me feel accomplished and helps me stay focused and not distracted on the fact that my room is a mess. I find, however, that the worst thing to do when I am stressed is think about all the things I have to do as a whole. It is so much easier to just think about each individual task and about its completion and then, before I know it, everything is done.