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I found in the past that exercise is the biggest help for me. I need to get back into that routine again. I just had a baby and have been rather lazy about getting back into my good habits like eating well and exercising. The sleep factor for me is out of the question. My husband and I do alternate nights for feedings though, so I suppose that's one way to get sleep every other night, that is a reducer of stress. I know I also need to reduce the amnount of caffine in take. It has gotten out of control. As a new mommy I call it artifical intellegence but I know it is having negative effects on my mind and the rest of my body.

If there are stressors you cannot eliminate then you need to figure out how you are going to react to those stressors. You have to make a conscious effort to "let it go", as it were. Certainly, airing the challenge with other instructors helps and sometimes I find it stress-relieving to write a letter...sometimes it ends up in the trash and sometimes it gets sent....

There is no way to remove stress completely from my life. There is traffic, lines at stores, telemarketers, and too many more to name. Choosing a correct approach and then remembering that approach to each of these and other scenarios is the challenge. For me the real key is to stay in the now. If I have a stressful student I need to find humor or some other method of relieving the tension. If it is other scenarios I need to remember that it is a temporary situation and that the energy involved is more than the energy would be to find relaxation or some other release.

I need to exercise more. I know that when I was on a regular exercise schedule I could handle stress much better and I was sleeping much better. Taking time for me to stop and recharge is always a good stress reducer.

Go ahead and give it a try Mark. The worst that could happen is that it doesn't help, but at least you will then know that you explored this avenue.

my wife has been telling me for quite some time that i need to talk more and this lesson seems to reinforce that. talking about things rather than keeping them bottled up inside can relieve stress. I am going to give this a try and maybe it will not only help me but also my relationship with my wife.

If instructors are always stressed out about students then they should possibly move into another line of work. To be an instructor, etc. totally means YOU must LOVE people. A people person is defined as dealing with all kinds and walks of life ethically and professionally in the classroom and outside the classroom on a daily basis. If an instructor has arrogance about them then trying to connect the coursework material to students will be an arduous task to the instructor. Students on day one of the semester or school year will automatically detect what kind of instructor they will have for the semester or school year. Day one for an instructor and students sets the stage on if the instructor will have stress or not stress pending on their actions in the classroom. Instructors on day one can provide students with an icebreaker game, tell a couple of funny jokes, etc. Instructors and students will immediately start to connect with a couple of these activities. On day one instructors and students are both nervous and anxious for the course or school year to start. A helpful remedy can be for instructors when you have a situation in the classroom instead of right away coming to a decision wait and become diplomatic. Most of the time instructors come to rash decision in an uneducated way where the final decision cannot be taken back and the student can be scarred for life. Most times it is better to wait for more information on the problem and then come to a final decision.

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