the encouragement lounge: Stress management - ask for help with one thing

Sunday, October 9, 2011

Stress management - ask for help with one thing

You are now well into the semester and I imagine you are feeling the pressure of competing demands. You are trying to keep up with work, school work, and quite possibly family. If you have a partner and/or kids, have you asked for help? If not, ask for help with one of the things you are currently doing -- laundry, cooking, after-meal clean-up, If you don't think that will work, perhaps a smaller request -- perhaps you can ask for help during particularly stressful times of the semester -- when big papers are due, or big exams are near.

Has anyone had any success with getting family to pitch in?

Cheering you on in your work.

Harriet

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Working adult students, on my mind...

I hope this blog will be helpful to friends and others involved in a variety of endeavors. However, I created the blog with students in mind and continue to develop it with that specific group as my focus.

I believe that with the increase in evening, weekend, and low-residency programs, students are working more and more in isolation. If we were all full-time students on campus, we would have the informal support that comes with being able to go down the hall and talk with a colleague, etc. But instead, we are working late nights and weekends at home in front of the laptop.

With that in mind, I hope the encouragement lounge provides brief moments of respite and energizing connection. This does not at all replace valuable face-to-face contact. Many aspects of the academic journey can only be addressed via in-depth conversations with colleagues and teachers. And I would always rather sit down and talk with someone than to communicate online. Nonetheless, my aim is to give you one more channel for quick hits of support.