Stress is a part of life, like it or not. This can be due to a variety of factors, including someone driving below the speed limit while you are in a hurry, worrying about paying your bills, and deaths in your family. There is nothing we can do to prevent some of the stressors we face on a daily basis, but there are techniques we can use to lessen the effects of, overcome, and cope with current stressors. As a sophomore in college, I face stressors daily ranging from large to small, but over my years I have established coping strategies to overcome my problems and lift my spirits . Stress is defined as a person's response to threatening or difficult events. . For me, stress is finding time to do everything I want; making time for homework and studying, making time to work out and go to tennis practice, while still having free time to relax and hang out with my friends. Most of my stress comes from personal stressors, major life events that have immediate negative consequences that usually fade over time, and background stressors, daily annoyances that cause irritation minor but can turn into harmful long-term effects if they persist or are combined with others. stressful events. Fortunately, I have never had to deal with a major personal stressor that directly affected me, such as a death or divorce. However, I have to deal with an ongoing stressor in my life that most people never have to deal with, but I have luckily been able to deal with it even though it never goes away. The stressor I'm talking about here is my stutter. Diagnosed as a child, it’s something that will never go away. I took speech therapy classes and from these I developed cues and techniques to help...... middle of paper ......ness, a personality trait three-component that involves commitment, challenge and control. With hardiness, individuals approach stress with optimism and take direct action to learn about and manage stressors, and thus transform stressful events into less threatening events. Stress is your response to events that you view as threatening or difficult. In my life, I deal with stress in one way or another every day that counts, but I have developed coping strategies to reduce my stress levels. The main strategy I use and find most beneficial is time management, planning, and making sure I can do things I enjoy. Being able to stay on top of what needed to be done and prioritize allowed me to do everything I needed to, from homework to practice and everything in between, and still manage to find time every day to take moments for myself..