As part of my case study on time management, some of the unique challenges I am determined to accomplish is staying fit, managing college work, and working productively at my workplace. In the past month, I have seen myself improving at a higher level by gaining high grades, getting enough amount of sleep, and staying on focus in school. Also, I have tried to limit myself in involving in the past inefficient habits like social media sites. However, there are still some habits I could improve on during the semester. For instance, I always think multitasking would help me accomplish responsibilities in a faster pace. Otherwise, I have significantly improved on not procrastinating and finishing my projects and homework ahead of time. Clearly, …show more content…
Peter demonstrates the concept of emotions as a “mix of bodily arousal, expressive behaviors and conscious experience” (Myers 398). The idea of emotional intelligence can be described as my ability to express my emotions in a positive manner. If I enhance my emotional intelligence, I could improve critical skills like time management. Probably, the Cannon-Bard Theory best relates to my emotional experience whenever I face a lack of time management. Cannon-Bard Theory is defined as an “emotion-arousing stimulus simultaneously triggers physiological responses and subjective experience of emotion” (Myers 399). For example, I often feel rushed to turn in a class assignment five minutes before it is due to the teacher because I did not take the time to finish it, and I still have some questions left to answer. At that moment, I recognize my heart racing at the same time I feel rushed to turn in the assignment on …show more content…
Myers defines coping as an individual’s ability to “alleviate stress using emotional, cognitive, or behavioral methods” (431). I should limit myself into accomplishing tasks one at a time, so I do not stress myself out. Usually, the technique to cope with stress depends on the stressor, the individual itself and the circumstances. The strategies of problem-focused coping include taking control of my mind, understanding the situation or problem, and predicting the pros and cons for dealing with the stressor. Often times, problem-focused coping tends to establish a long-term solution for whoever is involved in the situation. Likewise, problem-focusing coping is “attempting to alleviate stress directly-by changing the stressor or the way we interact with that stressor” (Myers 431). Similarly, emotion-focused coping is “attempting to alleviate stress by avoiding or ignoring a stressor and attending to emotional needs related to one’s stress reaction” (Myers 431). My inner feelings like anger, fear, embarrassment and anxiety plays how I often cope with stressful situations. Within the past few months, I realized that if I manage my time wisely, I am able to gain better control of my
Some people may yell and fight, while other want to sit and cry. Many people use coping skills to deal with the stress. Coping skills are methods a person uses to deal with stressful situations. Obtaining and keeping good coping skills needs practice, therefore, using these coping skills will become easier over time. These coping skills can help toward good mental health
Carver, Scheier & Weintraub (1989) describe the two types of coping as problem focused and emotion focused. Problem focused (Carver, Scheier & Weintraub,1989). Problem focus also involve organizing implementing and taking action when deemed appropriate (Carver, Scheier & Weintraub,1989). Emotion focused examines reducing the distress that relates to the situation (Carver, Scheier & Weintraub,1989). Emotion focused involve refuting and look for general support (Carver, Scheier &
Over the course of my undergraduate career, I have been faced with the challenge of balancing school work around extracurricular activities and hobbies, volunteering, social time, and obligations to my job. The stress became further exacerbated when I became interested in the field of medicine, pushing myself to improve my academics and create a better balance within my life. In order to accomplish my goals, without becoming overwhelmed by the challenges I faced, I began focusing on the tasks directly at hand, rather than the entire picture. Narrowing my focus to smaller increments of time, rather than an entire semester, allowed me to stick to strict routines, while feeling less overwhelmed. In addition, I began to more efficiently manage
I was working part time, striving to excel in track and field, and working to maximize my high school experiences. Now a job absorbs a great deal of time, not only in terms of work hours, but also in terms of hours spent thinking about how to improve one’s efficiency at work. Similarly, track and field is a jealous sport. It demands attendance at late and sometimes distant meets and practices. Due to these valuable, but time consuming, activities, I did not have sufficient time to study for the physics task. Once again, I called upon my inner strength for analysis. I educated myself on time management techniques and identified how I could be more efficient in my athletic training and work, so that I could have more free time to devote to the physics class. Furthermore, I used my astute talent for prioritizing to come up with a plan for success. By focusing on different activities on different days, I could not only accomplish, but also excel in the most difficult of
Primarily, before I was able to use my time management skill to benefit my academic success as a student at Miami this term, I had to follow certain procedures. The first thing I did in the beginning of this semester was that I created a, To Do, list to help me identify a few items and the reasons for doing them. I create these lists every Sunday to guide me through my weeks of school. The first thing in the list is to make sure I go to sleep on time, so I can wake up on time and arrive on time in class every day. Another method I follow is the daily and weekly planner which helps me writing down my appointments, classes’ times, and meetings’ times on a
My way of releasing stress depends on what’s nearby, and on how angered I am. If I was just kind of mad and I was near my room, then I would most likely just go in for about thirty minutes and wait, and think about it. Time management has always alluded my grasp. It is hard for me to set a limit for something, or even stop something when I have started it. In order to build upon that skill, I must learn when to stop tasks and when to start, not to mention giving allotted time zones (like 7am – 10am) for tasks.
I needed to reduce my stress level if I wanted to get an A in the class. I used two coping strategies to overcome the stress I had. The strategies were emotion-focused coping and problem-focused coping. First, I decided to look
The final thing I found information for was the advantages and disadvantages of the specific emotion-focused coping strategies discussed. In doing this, I found a source about meditation on About Health titled “Benefits of Meditation for Stress Management,” which was very helpful in explaining how meditation reduces stress and it’s pros and cons. Unfortunately, I could not find any specific techniques of problem-focused coping strategies even with the further research conducted today, and thus, decided to use the general pros and cons mentioned in previous sources.
One coping mechanism that I will be using is from the chapter 9 in our book Cognitive Restructuring: Reframing. I am choosing this technique because I need to change the way perceive my stressors. I am someone who makes mountains out of molehills, and I often have anxiety attacks that affect my psychologically and physiologically well-being. I have reached a point where I can no longer continue living my life feeling physically and emotionally drained. I know something has to change. Therefore, to rid myself of the toxic thoughts that rule my life I have decided to make a change by applying the cognitive restructuring steps into my everyday life.
Coping is something that everyone has experienced in their lifetime, whether it be over something significant or insignificant we have all experienced it. In an academic journal published in 2003, authors Gerhard Anderson, and Mimmie Willebrand stated, “Coping has been defined as the process of managing demands (external or internal) that are appraised as taxing or exceeding the resources of the person” (S97). There have often been thought to be two main types of coping strategies, these strategies are problem-focused and emotional-focused coping (Heyman et al. 154). These two strategies differ from each other because, “problem-focused coping is often described as managing the problem, while emotion-focused coping is directed at regulating emotional responses to the problem” (Heyman et al. 154). Anderson and Willebrand have stated that coping is to serve two distinct purposes: to do away with the problem...and to regulate emotional reactions (S97). There are many different reasons that people cope and many different ways that people do it, but if not done right can cause a person emotional turmoil and make them inherit mental illnesses like depression and anxiety. Three ingredients in the conceptualization of coping are as follows, (1) coping need not be successful, but an effort must be made; (2) this effort need not be expressed in actual behavior, but can affect cognition as well; and (3) a cognitive appraisal of the taxing situation is a prerequisite for initiating coping attempts (Anderson and
Chronic stress has become an epidemic; it affects almost everyone in the western societies. We are taught that stress is given and we just need to manage it and try to change those circumstances or “stressors” we can somehow influence. Everyone has their own coping mechanisms, for some it is exercise, for some alcohol, shopping, meditation, etc. We want to escape stressful thinking and everybody finds their own way. Unfortunately, although we might experience a temporary relief, something usually triggers the stress again. Relief can only be temporary because stress is not caused by the circumstances and thus fixing those or getting relief outside is not going to help. Overwhelm and stress is coming from our thinking. As long as we don’t see it, we are trying to fix the wrong target.
One of the ways I believe I could improve my stress management is to learn to just block everything out and focus on one thing at a time. Not to let it overwhelm me to become calm and try and not let it take over my life because when I do I get no sleep and I get headaches. That whatever I’m stressing over shouldn’t be affecting my health. That the people who stress me out and the things are just a part of life that I need to learn to accept it to be fine with that thing like this
Stress reactions are influenced by ongoing life stressors and social resources such as coping strategies, social support and financial security (Depp & Jeste, 2010). “Regular exercise, good nutrition…7 hours of sleep and frequent socializing are associated with lower stress.” (Papalia, Olds, & Feldman, 2005). Some may find benefits using cognitive therapies such as mindfulness meditation, journal writing, and
This essay discusses coping, a complex process exercised by people to suppress, change, or eliminate stress or threat. This essay also discusses copers, that is, people who exhibit certain personality characteristics, known as distress resistant personality patterns, which can significantly influence whether they stay healthy or become ill. Also covered are coping strategies, -strategies people draw upon to solve life’s stressors, some
Coping strategies refer to the specific efforts, both behavioral and psychological, that people employ to master, tolerate, reduce or minimize stressful events. There are two general coping strategies which have been distinguished. Problem-focused strategies are efforts to do something active to alleviate stressful circumstances, where as emotion-focused coping strategies involve efforts to regulate the emotional consequences of stressful or potentially stressful events. Typically, people use both problem-focused and emotion-focused coping in their stressful episodes, which suggests that both types of coping are useful for most stressful events (Folkman & Lazarus, 1980).