SELF MANAGEMENT

SELF MANAGEMENT

1. STRESS MANAGEMENT

   • EUSTRESS- eustress refers to healthy stress which encourages individuals to complete tasks with enthusiasm and motivation.
     • This can be referred to as "good" stress.
   • DISTRESS - distress refers to unhealthy stress which negatively impacts an individuals mental and physical health, and tends to lead to reduced productivity.
     • This can be referred to as "bad" stress
   • STRATEGIES FOR MANAGING STRESS- Although it is inevitable that all individuals will experience stress, there are a number of strategies which are available in order to decrease these feelings. These include, identifying your stressors, this refers to determining what it is that is causing an individual stress and how stressed they actually are, and stress levels, (meaning how stress an individual becomes and why) using time management, this allows individuals to complete tasks bit by bit meaning it is less overwhelming, and learning to share and disclose information with a trusted person, in order to ensure things aren't kept bottled up and individuals feel as though they can't cope.

2. TIME MANAGEMENT

   • STRATEGIES FOR TIME MANAGEMENT - there are a number of strategies individuals can adopt in order to manage their time. These include, ensuring that they determine what needs to be done urgently and what can be left for the future, this ensures individuals don't waste large amount of time on projects when things need to be done more urgently.Individuals can also determine when their most optimal working time is, this will allow them to be more productive and spend less time procrastinating and wasting time Individuals can also determine time frames, in order to be aware of how much time they need to set apart for each task that needs to be completed. Finally, individuals can organise and delegate all their tasks, therefore creating a suitable amount of work for themselves.

3. Time and stress management work together hand in hand to ensure individuals are able to achieve goals and outcomes to the best of their ability with the least amount of stress, fear of failure and daunting emotions.

4. BARRIERS -There are many factors which can hinder people from managing their time well, these include procrastination, disorganisation, perfectionism, daydreaming/distractions, mobile phone or social media use and lack of resources. By letting these factors become too distracting, individuals are unable to successfully manage their time, and therefore also come overwhelmed with workloads, leading to stress. Meaning these factors become barriers for both time and stress management.