As students we lead busy lives and there is no doubt about it.


Every weekday, we get up early in the morning in order to be at school and in the classroom ready to learn at 7:25, and are then stuck here until 2:20 in the afternoon. If you do a club or a sport, who knows how much later you are here. Want to make money of your own? Get a job – which takes up even more time. Once you finally get home, do you get to kick off your shoes, watch TV, surf the net, play a game, or read a book for fun? Chances of that are slim to none. You still have all that homework to do to keep up the straight As that you need in order to receive a scholarship to get into a good college so that you can get a better job, and so on and so forth.
We all know what stress is and everyone has it in different forms, even if we deny it. Having stress can cause anything from obesity and sleep disorders, to pain, heart disease, and autoimmune diseases. The cure to all of these stress-caused problems can be so simple that most of the time we over look them and think that they are a waste of time. However cure to stress can be so small that we don’t even know we are doing it. It is called taking care of yourself, and doing the things that you like to do not because you have to do them, but because you want to do them.
Taking time for yourself is finding the time to do the things that you enjoy, like hanging out with friends and watching movies; that is the cure to stress. It also includes things like getting a full night’s sleep so that you function your best when you wake up and as the day goes on. Teenagers should receive about nine hours of sleep and this shouldn’t include sleeping through your first hour, or the catnaps you take through out the day. Eating three round meals a day and not skipping lunch to go to the library to do a rush job on that homework that you forgot to do and took everyone else three weeks to do. Opting for a piece of fruit instead of a candy bar when you crave something sweet, not only keeps you healthy but is good on the nerves and is a good choice to help you both physically and mentally. It is as simple as that. Having a little fun and taking care of yourself can do you a world of good.