{"id":3998,"date":"2017-04-02T22:36:21","date_gmt":"2017-04-02T22:36:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/whatwedo\/?p=3998"},"modified":"2017-04-02T22:38:03","modified_gmt":"2017-04-02T22:38:03","slug":"destress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/whatwedo\/2017\/04\/02\/destress\/","title":{"rendered":"Destress"},"content":{"rendered":"

Without a doubt, this has been my most stressful semester of college. Between midterms and just everything, finding a balance between work and relaxation has been a difficult challenge. Although there is a current lull in stress, post-Spring Break, we\u2019re slowly nearing the end of the semester (!!!) and, as a result, I wanted to share a few of the ways I destress.<\/span><\/p>\n

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  1. Craft.<\/b> <\/b>I\u2019m a person who is constantly fidgeting with my hair or with jewelry or with anything, really. I re-took up knitting and I find the constant rhythm of moving the needles is an easy way to relax.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
  2. Watch a funny TV show<\/b>. Throughout the course of the semester I\u2019ve made it through a purposefully unmentioned number of episodes of The Office<\/i>. It\u2019s nice to mindless watch something and laugh at the antics of Dwight and Jim. As an added bonus, I can knit while watching the show.<\/span><\/span>If you don\u2019t have time to watch an entire episode of a television show, here\u2019s a short clip from an interview with Nick Offerman<\/a>. Between 6:58 and 7:00 you can see Nick Offerman realize that the interviewer didn\u2019t catch the joke.<\/li>\n
  3. Bake. <\/b>Here are a few of my favorite recipes:<\/span><\/span>\n