What's Stressing You Out? | Origin: ED110
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Time and Stress Management for Instructors --> What's Stressing You Out?
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Just a reminder that It is not healthy to ignore stressors in life.
Not enough time to do anything particularly well.
We should identify stresses, right them down and try to maintain work life balance.
This module have taught me some life lessons about stress. In some cases depending on how stressful is the situation, stress can kill you. Another factor that was discussed is stress from administration. This makes on the job performance difficult.
Work life balance is key and yet can be hard to achieve
I don't like to be behind because if I'm already behind and something out of the ordinary happens it will really be stressful. However, trying to keep up can be stressful as well, so it's kind of a no-win situation. So, in this case, I've chosen to live with the stress of keeping up knowing it's short-term. I'm also learning to not put expectations on myself that my supervisor isn't putting on me. I now delay classes to do clerical stuff that will build up over time.
Is very important to understand when you are stressed and to identify stressors in your life. Try to focus on things that you can change or control and do your best on things you can't.
Stress can occur in both personal and professional aspects of life. It is best to deal with them so it doesn't become a chronic issue that can worsen over time.
About 50% of US work days are lost due to stress. This is a shocking statistic, and must relate back to headaches, stomach problems, and back pain.
I find that my biggest stressor is balancing being a single parent, doing everything on my own and still continuing to pursue my own dreams. I want my child to be proud of me.
So far in this course, I have learned how important critical thinking/social skills are in the workplace.
Understand and understand the stressors.
Comment on Sherry Johnson's post: Dealing with stress first begins with understanding and recognizing what your stressors are. Once that is understood, you can plan how to eliminate them and ask for help.
The biggest stressor that I experience as a teacher is always the incongruity of expectation versus reality. We work very hard as teachers but the reality of our paychecks at times conflicts with our passion for this profession. We also prepare diligently but then can have a class that does not respond in the way we thought they would (or perform in the way we thought they are capable). It is part of the job and I have learned to accept the disparity and work within its confines. This training has several strategies that I will use.
It is important to not just ignore stress. It will not go away on it's own and will in fact only get worse over time without proper intervention.
Be more transparent about your stress: Personal or professional
A stress list is a great idea to identify the stressors that I encounter. I believe will give this a try.
Lack of time for all the tasks.
Too much stress can affect our health and reduce our productivity.
The course gives us very useful tools to identify our stressors, which I think is the first step to having a better life.
