Tuesday, December 16, 2008

Importance to take time for yourself and relax

My first semester consisted of a lot of work, difficult and challenging situations, as well as exciting and interesting ones. I have realized that with all the assignments and evaluations that we are given in the nursing program, that it is crucial to balance your school work and your personal life. I know a lot of people must be saying, what personal life? Even though it seems completely impossible to have time to relax, chat and see friends and loved ones, it is so important to do in order not to drive yourself completely crazy with the mounting homework. Therefore, what I do is that I make sure to take a little time to myself everyday to call my friends or my boyfriend, make sure I watch a bit of television and/or exercise and eat dinner with my family the most I can. In doing these things, I find it really beneficial because it takes my mind off homework and gives me a good break in between working on assignments and studying which helps me to stay focused. Relaxing with your friends and family and having a little bit of fun on weekends is also a great way to remind yourself that even though nursing is a demanding program you should never forget to take time for yourself and maintain strong relationships.

1 comment:

stela11 said...

Heyy...so first of all let me say what an amazing video lol haha its so funny and true, nursing students and anyone should always give themselves a break or we'll all go crazy. If no one gives themself a break, we'll all be stressed out...3 things I always try to do every night is: exercise, watch my favourite show and call my boyfriend and/or friends =). Its nice how university/college is only 4 months per semester and then we get all this time to relax and sleep in =D=D haha