Stress Management
- Maintain a healthy diet
- Get enough sleep
- Allot time to yourself that is not dedicated to work
- Have personal time
- Spend adequate relaxation time with family and/or friends
- Learn how to say no to professors when necessary
- Professors may ask you to do a variety of tasks but if your schedule does not reasonably allow it, you are allowed to refuse
- It is important to know when to take on a task even if it will cut into your personal time
- Much of the beneficial work that can be done in graduate school is through volunteer opportunities, which should not be ignored if you feel that you can handle the time commitment they require
- Professors may ask you to do a variety of tasks but if your schedule does not reasonably allow it, you are allowed to refuse
