College Info Geek - How to Stop Stress Before it has Started by Velin Martinov

How to Stop Being Constantly Overwhelmed

velinmartinov — 2024-09-06 15:33:15 UTC

I chose this video because I get overwhelmed and stressed VERY easily and I hate it so I'm hoping that this video can help me out. One part of the video that helped clarify something to me was when he talked about Sprints. Sprints are when you are constantly working at something with no breaks or really anything to stop you, which eventually leaves you to be burnt out. In these sprints, you might also sacrifice a lot of valuable things just leaving you more stressed out. I had an idea of what causes people to get burnt out before watching this video, but hearing it explained in this way helped me understand even better and it's nice to have a term to refer to burn out. Basically, this video has taught me that it's okay and even beneficial to step back from something if you don't feel comftorable doing it at the time doing it or your feeling burnt out. There is no use continuing to work when you've hit a dead end, so its just better to come back later.

How to Stop Being TIRED All the Time

velinmartinov — 2024-09-06 16:01:26 UTC

I am pretty much always tired which could come from multiple different things like not getting enough sleep, something to do with my diet, or the fact that I have minor thalassemia. This sometimes leaves me stressed out because I want to do my work to my best ability and just get it done and over with, but then I find it harder to think or get stuff done because I am tired. I chose this video to see techniques to feel more energized and see what could work best for me. One thing that I found in the video that could help me out is that sleep is a lot more complicated than I thought. Apparently getting 8-10 hours of sleep to wake up energized is a myth and you instead need to focus on getting all of your sleep cycles in. I only get 6-7 hours of sleep per day but what's more harmful in my quest to become more energized is that fact that I get up twice per night for no reason at all. This ruins my sleep cycles and causes me to feel more sleepy. Something that I already do that was mentioned in the video was go on a walk. This is usually my go to for something like this, but even then I am sometimes left tired. I do this when I'm stressed as well. It's like clearing the cache on a app that is constantly buggy or restarting your phone. I used to go on an hour walk as soon as I'd wake up everyday and that usually had me ready for the day so I might get back into the habit of doing that. Caffiene was something else that was mentioned in the video and they said that it shouldn't always be used, but can be used sometimes. This doesn't apply to me, I hate it. Caffiene just seems to make things worse for me. It makes me jittery, more anxious and stressed, it leaves a dry taste in my mouth and before I know it, I am more tired than before I had the caffiene. So basically, I just need to go outside more and figure out how to get better sleep

How to Bounce Back from Failure

velinmartinov — 2024-09-06 16:19:35 UTC

I know that you aren't supposed to view faliure as something bad but you should rather look back to see what you can learn, but I find that I often can't do that. To me, faliure just stresses me out because I am a perfectionist (I think) and failure means that something has gone wrong and I hate it. Something that I like about the video is that it feels relatable, especially when he talks about where he failed. Something that I need to do more that was mentioned in the video is to distance my self from the failure. If I fail at something, big or small, I will usually try to confront it as soon as possible and make sure that it gets to, or at least gets close to what I believe it should be. This is the opposite of what I should be doing sometimes it can just be better to walk away. People have a lot of emotions when they fail, me included, so it could just be better to walk away, cool down and come back to whatever you failed at later with a cleared up mind. Once you do that, you can probably fix up whatever you have to not only more easily, but better than if you didn't give yourself some distance. The rest of the video seems pretty self explanitory. The only other thing that I think I need to focus on more is asking for help. I love hanging out with my family and friends, but I hate working with them (if its not something that is typically fun for me). I would rather figure it out myself as someone sitting right next to me trying to help me might just cause more issues, and it might cause me to do things differently to what I'm want to do to finish a task. Although it is better to just work things on my own like I usually like to, it is also good to ask for hel, especially on things that I know nothing about.

How to Reduce Stress by Prioritizing and Getting Organized

velinmartinov — 2024-09-06 16:34:05 UTC

This isn't something that I struggle with at all really but rather something I notice helps me stay less stressed. I think that I am a pretty organized person, even if it may be in a messy way, and this is something that usually helps me reduce stress. Staying organized helps you know where everything is at all times, making it so you don't panic if you can't find something and makes it harder to lose things. Not knowing where stuff are and losing stuff makes me stressed, so staying organized helps reduce stress by eliminating those things from happening. You can also be organized with your time which, in my opinion, is even more important. Having schedule makes it so you always know what you are doing at a certain time rather than doing nothing because you don't know what to do, and then suddenly realizing that you have to finish a lot of work. Having a flexible schedule helps even more as during the day, there will be more and more that you realize you will have to do. By having a flexible schedule, you are able to fit these things in more easily and get them done. I chose this article because it is just another way to stay less stressed that I didn't really see mentioned in the video's that I chose to watch.

Why stress happens and how to manage it

velinmartinov — 2024-09-06 16:44:06 UTC

This article helped me get a better idea of what stress actually is. It gave a simple definition as well as what it can do to you both mentally and physically, and how it is caused. This fits in with the videos as it is basically an overview of what they are trying to solve, or at least what I am trying to solve, which is a way to stay less stressed.