Stress is part of life, like it or not. It can be caused by a number of factors, including when someone drives below the speed limit when you're in a hurry, you're worrying about paying bills, and family deaths. There is nothing we can do to prevent some of the stressors we face every day, but there are techniques we can use to reduce their effects and overcome and deal with the stressors at hand. As a college sophomore, I deal with stressors ranging from large to small on a daily basis, but throughout 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 challenging events. For me, stress includes finding time to do everything I want; making time for homework and studying, making time to train and get to tennis practice, and 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 generally fade with time, and underlying stressors, daily annoyances that cause minor irritation but can develop into negative effects over time. long term if they continue or are combined with other 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 face an ongoing stressor in my life that most people never have to deal with, but fortunately I have been able to deal with it despite it never going 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 classes and from those I developed ideas and techniques to help... middle of paper......, a three-component personality trait involving effort, challenge, and control. With resistance, individuals approach stress optimistically and take direct actions to learn about and cope with stressors, and thus transform stressful events into less threatening ones. Stress is your response to events that you consider threatening or challenging. I deal with stress in one way or another every day in my life, but I have developed coping strategies to reduce my stress levels. The main strategy I use that I find to be the most beneficial is time management, planning and making sure I get to do the things I enjoy. Being able to stay on top of what needed to be done and prioritize allowed me to get everything I needed done, from homework to practice and everything in between, and I could still manage to find time each day to create moments for myself.