How facebook can decrease your stress
A new study in journal PLOS One has found that people are smarter under pressure when they are reminded of their friends and family. So an easy way to quickly de-stress and pump up your performance is to flip through…
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How much homework do teens get a night?
How much homework do teens get a night? Surveys show that a lot of teens are bringing home 3-4 hours of homework a night, which takes up a big chunk of each school night that’s already packed with extracurriculars. Many…
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Would you like to destress in a puppy room?
A university in Canada is helping stressed out students by creating a puppy room during exam times. An environmental science student proposed the idea of having a puppy room at Dalhousie University, explaining, “It fills a niche that people need…
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What’s your least favorite thing about the holidays?
Whether you celebrate Christmas, Hanukkah, or Kwanza, the holidays are always a stressful time. Dealing with exams, family, work, and the weather is enough to drive even the calmest person crazy. You’re spending more money, eating more junk, and hanging…
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What do you spend the most of your time on?
If your life was a pie chart with school, family, friends, extra curricular activities, jobs, stress, dating, and everything else…would one piece of the pie get a lot more attention than the others? What do you feel like you have…
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How important is it to you to be in shape?
It’s always important to eat right and exercise, but there isn’t always time. Sometimes it’s easier to grab fast food and skip that run after school than to fix a healthy meal and make time to do something to alleviate…
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Are you stressed out?
With all the responsibilities we have these days, it’s hard not to be totally stressed. Between school, friends, family, extracurricular activities, and work, it’s easy to get caught up trying to do everything perfectly and wearing yourself out with worry. …
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