To sit with a dog on a hillside on a glorious afternoon is to be back in Eden, where doing nothing was not boring - it was peace. ~ Milan Kundera
My daughter is a senior this year. This is the first year that she was not looking forward to going back to school in September. Senior year is huge. It is the final year of high school, the final year of being a "kid" and time of a lot of stress that the kids aren't used to.
First she had a Culminating Project to choose and work on through out the year. Then she took her SAT's as the first step to going to college. Now she has college applications, financial aid applications and scholarships to apply for. This all on top of her usual studies, her daily tasks at home and she works a part time job.
I think she and her other senior friends are a bit stressed and would probably prefer sitting with the dog on a hillside than any of the other tasks they have to complete.
So what do you do to beat Stress? Here are some things on my list . . .
- Crafting . . . any of the ones I enjoy, knitting, beading, quilting, etc.
- Laying on the couch reading a book
- A large cup of tea
- A long soak in the tub (well, if I had one)
- A walk on the beach
- Meditation
- Baking . . . the one type of cooking I like to do
- Listening to music - whatever type that you really enjoy
- Finding and Posting quotes on our Facebook page
Stress will only increase with your permission. If you desire more of it, do nothing. If you desire less of it, do something. If you’ve been doing nothing, doing something means everything! ~ Debra Costanzo
This post is part of the Ultimate Blog Challenge. I am going to really get this blog going. So I decided I'd join the Challenge. The goal of the challenge is to post 31 posts in the month of January and to get more traffic to my blog and to other blogs. This is post number 17. For more info or to join the challenge check the link below.
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