Stress Management 101

For the chronically overwhelmed

Warning: excessive stress may lead to spontaneous combustion, existential dread, or an intense desire to binge-watch cat videos.

Here are some tips to manage your stress:

• Practice mindfulness by staring at a wall for 30 minutes a day.
• Try to reframe your thinking: instead of saying "I'll never finish this project", say "I'll finish this project, or at least pretend to."
• Take breaks, but only to scroll mindlessly through social media. This is scientifically proven to be restorative.

Or, you know, just take a deep breath, and try to remember that you're not a hamster on a wheel of despair. That usually does the trick.

Need more help? Try our Overwhelmed Overload page for additional resources.