At times, my work load and school load can leave me
stressed. I try to manage everything in a timely order, but I do find myself
overwhelmed. I can apply the “three solutions” to improve how I feel about my
job and school. The first solution is talks about how we approach our tasks and
it should be with a positive attitude, since that plays an important role on
the level of stress we feel about them.
I tend to put things off since I do view homework as a negative thing,
and I should change my views on it to be more positive. As towards work, I’m a
nanny and depending on which family it is for the day/night, I can already have
a positive attitude for it. Most of the time I do have a positive attitude
towards work, since I view it as making money and with that money I can do fun
things. The second solution talks about, viewing work as a game, and a type of
play. The author does mention that we need to take ourselves less seriously and
have fun with it and it can help with the stress. I do believe that to be true,
cause having to much stress can lead to greater risks a person might face. If
you loosen up about your job and enjoy what you do, then it will be less
stressful. Same with school, if you study what you like, then it would be
looked at so negatively. The third
solution is integration, and that one needs to understand that joys and pain
can be found in the same play, but both are valued, (pg 130). To me, it makes
me think of a love hate relationship.
For work, this does play a role for me. I do feel rewarded and the joy
of things working with kids, but at times it can be frustrating and hard when
they don’t follow the rules or backtalk.
But after reading the “three solutions”, I do believe I can apply them
more to be less stressed.
Roro,
ReplyDeleteI agree that for most students who are also working, times can become extremely stressful and hard to manage. I liked how you described how you will apply having a positive attitude towards work and school. I also liked what you had to say regarding solution two. This solution is important as it helps reduce stress and makes an individual work more efficiently. Like you said, having too much stress could lead to some very serious risks. I also liked how you referred to the third solution as having a love/hate relationship. This is very true for work and school for me as well. There are a lot of positives and negatives for both.