Stress And Motivation Essay

Introduction Everyone has stress in some form or another, and some people have more stress than others. Stress is how a person perceives and deals with issues and tasks in their lives (Myers, 2015). Everyone deals with stress in different ways and some cope better than others. Psychologists like to study stress because of the wide dynamic of effects it has on people physically and emotionally. Stress is connected to many aspects of life which results in a lot of data to research (Myers, 2015). Stress plays a large role in my life right now. I was able to ease a large part of my stress by eliminating the debt we had. I thought that would help to change our lives for the better. Then my husband was hurt at work, a job he had for over …show more content…
My ideal situation is that the job be within the legal field that will help me to gain experience. The job will need to include legal duties with a Monday-Friday work schedule with weekends and holidays off. It will need to pay enough so I can support my family and have health insurance. I will work this job for at least one year, and use the experience to pursue a better job. My next goal is to buy a house. My ideal situation is to have a job that will allow me to save money for a down payment. I will also work on my credit score to help me get the best loan and lowest monthly payment. My goal is to go to law school. My ideal situation would include keeping up my current GPA to help me be accepted. I am also preparing to take the LSAT so I can get the highest score possible to increase the schools I can apply to. I want to graduate in the top 5% of my class so I will increase my chances of getting a job when I …show more content…
This is a high score on a scale of 11-600, 600 is the highest you can score showing an extremely high stress level. My results mean that I am very likely to become sick in the near future (Holmes & Rahe, 1967). My results did surprise me because there were areas of stress I never stopped to think of as being a stressor. I knew I had stress, but I did not think it was so bad that I could be heading to get sick. My family is depending on me, now is not the time for me to be ill. I was also surprised at the numbering system, some areas were higher than I expected, while others were lower. I think I put more emphasis on some areas of stress than the test did, and vice versa. Some of the big factors that contributed to my high score included death of close family member, marriage, fired at work, change in health of a family member, business readjustment, change in financial state, change to a different line of work, daughter leaving home, and trouble with