Find Your Balance

 Being away at school, one of my worst habits is not checking in with my family and friends as much as I probably should. Although this may not apply to everyone as not everyone goes away for school, keeping up with communication with your support is very important.  Personally, I like to say I have two families, my family at home and my family at school as we all look after one another. Out of bad habit sometimes I will go a week without even reaching out to my family at home. College can be one the most confusing and stressful times of someone's life, you are away from home, in a new environment, and have to go out and meet new people...by yourself.  When life starts to feel like it's becoming too much reaching out to long distant family and friends can help re-center yourself and stay in touch with yourself. One thing I have taken from college is that I feel like I have two different lives, so when I don't reach out to people at home it can start to feel like I am losing

 As the end of the year rolls around there is high stress and anxiety for us college students. It's very easy to get overwhelmed so today I will be sharing some tips and tricks on what I do once I feel my anxiety creeping in and when I just feel too overwhelmed.  Many of us face anxiety at the most inconvenient times so here are some things I try to keep on me at all times in case I find myself in an anxious state when I'm not home.  - any kind of gum (mint helps me the most because of the shock of the flavor at first)  - hair tie/bracelet (gives my hands something to do and fidget with to distract myself)  - aromatherapy nasal inhaler (these are small and easy to store, mine is scented lavender, you can find them on amazon) - headphones (listen to some music, I have a comfort playlist for this specific reason) Now when I am home, I still use all of these tactics, but I have more options like... - using my face roller (I've mentioned this product before, my attacks give my

 As a college student the end of April and the start of May can be the most stressful weeks of each year. Finals are coming up faster than I could ever imagine, but don't discourage yourself!  It's easy to get in your head and think it's all too much and that you aren't cut out for all of this, but even if you are a first year think of how far you've already come. It's the week of stress and all pain is temporary, because finals are a big pain.  When I get discouraged, have no faith in myself, or just want to give up, I tell myself "There is nothing I can't handle". Now I actually started telling myself this last year as a freshman in college. Like most I had a hard year, being away at school while there were new changes in my family and getting diagnosed with alopecia areata that formed from stress and poor diet. Mind you this was in my Spring semester so on top of all of this I had the pain of finals.  As finals are approaching, I keep reminding