Public Meeting Post

Stress Management Workshop:

I went to a workshop at the La Quinta Inn about stress management. At this workshop, me and a group of other La Quinta residences discussed how we deal with stress, and the group leader also talked about how we are affected by stress. Stress, of course, is not healthy for anyone in large doses. In small doses, it can give us that extra boost that can help get something done on time. In large doses, it can make us very nervous and frazzled. She said that if we learn how to control stress, we can take more control of our busy lives. A key tool that is used to battle stress is relaxtion, and she said that we should all find time to relax in our lives to balance out the excess stress college students are exposed to. After the discussion, which everyone there took part in, she showed us some stretches that can help relax us. They were pretty basic yoga postures, but they still made me feel good after we were done. Next she showed us a breathing excercise, which was basically the same as the breath pattern for meditation. Then she gave us all a certificate that said we passed a stress management workshop.
This workshop was only somewhat helpful for me. Having ten classes this semester, I had to figure out pretty early on in the semester how to handle stress effctively. I went to this workshop thinking that it would be a lot more informative then it actually was. I picked up yoga over the summer, and combining that with some meditation every so often has been very effective in handling my own personal stress. This workshop went over everything I already was aware of, but the other residences there seemed to be getting a lot out of it. I was surprised that so many residences actually went to this workshop, mainly because I did not think they would be interested in it. But there were at least 20 people there, and they were all engaged in the activity.


Thanksgiving Day game at Freehold Township High School:

On Thanksgiving day, I went to my high school’s football game. The Thanksgiving game is always a popular game to go to, mainly because a lot of alumni go to this game. The stands were very packed, and it was impossible to see if people were in seperate cliques. It was just one giant mass of people sitting on the stands. Before the game started, everyone looked very happy to be there. But once the game started, and my high school threw two interceptions that led to two touchdowns in the first quarter, the crowd started to turn somewhat negative. But it was not the sorta of negative that is at a Giants game when they are down by 50 points. With the amount of alumni in the crowd, they were more interested in socializing than watching the less than stellar football team throw away a game. By the end of half time, the crowd diminished only slightly, seemingly only leaving the visiting almuni left. Though the home team was loosing, the crowd was positive. The Thanksgiving game at Freehold was entertaining for me as well, because I also got to see people I have not seen in a long time.