Conquering Mountains When little things are bothering someone too much it will start causing problems in relationships and everyday life. A significant other took the trash out, a good event, but they forgot to put a new trash bag in the bin. A person not experiencing being bothered by little things may just be happy the trash is out. Someone bothered by the small incidents, however, may look past the good act and be more irritated by the missing bag. When the irritation turns into an argument it can confuse and hurt the significant other. Furthermore, sometimes the focusing on small, irrelevant issues can cause the person to hold onto those negative thoughts. Holding onto bad thoughts turns a whole day bad and may distract from important
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It is full of large projects, important papers, and daunting deadlines. The stress will often have the fight or flight responses in the mind screaming FLIGHT! But that stress can be useful in a few different ways. In A Working Mother article titled “The Upside of Stress,” Katherine Bowers writes, “When your stress levels start rising, it’s helpful to remind yourself that the pressure is often temporary, but that achieving your goals will have lasting meaning” (58). Turning the negative, stress induced thoughts aways from how much of a nuisance school work feels like and putting the focus on how the work will be rewarded later. Also, worrying and thinking about stress is a lot of energy. If one could learn to take that energy and motivate themselves to use keep pushing forward instead, many more doors of possibility open up. For example, using that energy instead to devote more time to school work. That could be more time studying or being sure to set aside time to work on projects and papers. Making sure to also use some energy to ask for help if needed, from tutors or teachers. Bowers, earlier in the article “The Upside of Stress,” says, “By giving us that kick of adrenaline, stress can help us focus and achieve” (56). Once one decides to solve stress by using that adrenaline towards positive motivation and action, those big stressors can show to be worth
It is full of large projects, important papers, and daunting deadlines. The stress will often have the fight or flight responses in the mind screaming FLIGHT! But that stress can be useful in a few different ways. In A Working Mother article titled “The Upside of Stress,” Katherine Bowers writes, “When your stress levels start rising, it’s helpful to remind yourself that the pressure is often temporary, but that achieving your goals will have lasting meaning” (58). Turning the negative, stress induced thoughts aways from how much of a nuisance school work feels like and putting the focus on how the work will be rewarded later. Also, worrying and thinking about stress is a lot of energy. If one could learn to take that energy and motivate themselves to use keep pushing forward instead, many more doors of possibility open up. For example, using that energy instead to devote more time to school work. That could be more time studying or being sure to set aside time to work on projects and papers. Making sure to also use some energy to ask for help if needed, from tutors or teachers. Bowers, earlier in the article “The Upside of Stress,” says, “By giving us that kick of adrenaline, stress can help us focus and achieve” (56). Once one decides to solve stress by using that adrenaline towards positive motivation and action, those big stressors can show to be worth