ways to deal with stress

1. running
2. hugs with people you love
3. drinking
4. nachos
5. making a list with a few easy things on it to cross off
6. crying
7. napping
8. ice cream
9. talking it out
10. binge eating
11. a walk (alone or with a friend, depending on the type of stress)
12. tea
13. screaming
14. cleaning the work area
15. sleep
16. long vacation
17. good tv
18. bad tv
19. sex
20. climbing
21. complaining
22. breathing exercises
23. making a list
24. wine
25. hot shower
26. rom coms
27. cycling
28. lavender
29. solo dance party
30. using a punching bag
31. yoga
32. lobster roll break
33. swimming
34. doing the hardest thing first
35. making mobiles
36. exercise
37. arts and crafts

things that are stressing us out

1. mortgage(s)
2. my pending background check (seriously)
3. comprehensive exams
4. not having time for fun
5. taxes
6. potential engagement?
7. lip zit
8. being messy
9. my sister
10. too much work
11. social media
12. feeling like the only team player
13. losing weight
14. colonization, racism, and patriarchy
15. turning 29 and not owning a couch
16. li post-mortem
17. the grid
18. work
19. my boring job
20. wanting a house
21. my short temper
22. feeling like a procrastinator
23. bikini line
24. acting insane
25. allergies
26. the work that is involved in the final two weeks of my master’s program
27. not so good haircut, but it’s only hair
28. my mom
29. taxes
30. picking lights
31. pants that don’t fit
32. housing
33. laundry (because we don’t have a washer and dryer at home)
34. spending one-third of my time alone
35. J O B
36. making myself do the paperwork for a colombian visa
37. the past
38. family
39. money
40. my parents getting old
41. my trajectory
42. seasonal fruits
43. field work
44. eating right (not doing so)
45. my roommate
46. lawyers
47. sleep (lack thereof)
48. the fact that my boyfriend hates his job
49. networking
50. finishing papers
51. interpersonal conflicts at work
52. my parents getting old before i have a baby, or a niece or nephew
53. the future
54. adoption agency people.
55. hormones
56. wanting to eat too much chocolate
57. lack of exercise
58. rough feet
59. writing a book
60. finals (what if i fail all my classes and don’t graduate?)
61. marketing
62. figuring out who will be on my comps committee
63. deadlines
64. being 30!
65. finding an upstanding gentleman
66. not having worked for a year, but having the latest style of dresses look really cute on me.
67. my lack of (private, non-public) transportation options
68. not enough work
69. learning to knit and sew
70. decisions