personal stress management plan

Establish a 5-6 paged plan to maintain at TW0-THREE effective personal stress management techniques. This paper will incorporate your newly acquired stress management skills, and create a long-term plan for stress management tools that have been effective for each individual.

A) Discuss the 3 things that stress you out the most in your life. 1. my body and self esteem. 2. my future job and will I find a good one? will I be good at it? 3. money.

B) Redo the Stress Management Assessment tests from Chapter 2 and compare your stress levels now to the beginning of the semester – is there a difference? Why do you think this is? I will upload a document with the assessment, I’ve done them twice one in the beginning of the semester and one now and you’re supposed to compare.

C) Stress Management Techniques

1. State which stress management techniques you practiced that were most effective
2. How you have been incorporating the stress management technique into your life (if it is something like working out, describe how you are being more mindful of it being a stress management technique rather than just a hobby or activity)
3. The circumstances of practicing that stress management technique
4. How you felt as a result of incorporating those stress management techniques into your life
5. One-two stress management techniques that you have not found helpful.

D) Create a long-term stress management plan with SMART Goals

-Utilize your new stress management techniques to make 2-3 SMART Goals for the next 6-12 months.

-SMART goals are Specific, Measurable, Action-oriented, Realistic, and Time-based

• the SMART format to write three personal goals:
• Write out one goal for each of your main stressor (3 total) that are:
  • Specific
  • Measurable
  • Action-oriented
  • Realistic
  • Time-based
    • (ie I will deposit $50 from every paycheck into my bank account for the next year)
    • (ie I will spend 5 hours studying for the GRE each week until I take the exam in 2 months)
    • (ie I will workout 3 times a week for 30 minutes a day for the next 6 months)

Content, quality of writing, and grammar will be considered during grading.