In order to maintain a healthy balance between school, work, and social life, there has to be a middle ground. In chapter seven, we read about the three solutions to help us as humans to sustain a stress-free lifestyle. The first solution is work and play. The chapter expresses how saving time to do effortless activities can help ease one’s mind. For me, playing a couple of games on my phone in between homework breaks helps to let my mind drift off into a free world. The second solution suggests finding joy in school and work. I could apply this to my life by finding a major I really love or a job that I really enjoy. This way, the day is something to look forward to instead of becoming dreadful. Last but not least we have the third solution which consists of finding joy and pain in what we do. For example, there is a lot of pain in studying for a midterm although; the joy of it is receiving a good grade. The three solutions can reduce everyday stress and help us to live a happier life.
I found it really interesting how you would use a few games on your phone to take a break, I would think that would completely distract me, but I guess thats a good thing. I think that personally for me going for a walk and just releasing my mind really helps. I tried once to turn on my Xbox and play just one game, well thats what I told myself, and 4 hours later my thought was completely lost and I pretty much bombed the assignment.i think out of all the solutions this one worked the best for me and I think im easier to adapt to things.
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