Everyone experiences stress when they feel challenged or are under pressure. However, if the stress becomes overwhelming, it is important to seek help. The University of Waterloo offers a number of resources to help you with stress and anxiety, and to strengthen time management skills.
Stress
If you are feeling overwhelmed, anxious, depressed, or distressed, consider:
- Contacting Counselling Services for individual appointments
- Looking at Wellness Programs and Student Groups
- Reviewing pre-recorded Workshops and Seminars (e.g. coping skills, stress management)
Time Management
For help strengthening your time management skills, consider:
- Using the Assignment Planner. The Assignment Planner will break down your lab reports, annotated bibliographies, research essays, and poster presentations into steps, which includes resources and how-to's.
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Reviewing Student Success Office time management resources – e.g., ‘Backwards Planning, ‘Finding Balance’, and ‘Goal Setting.
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Booking a Peer Success Coach appointment to reflect on academic goals and develop an action plan that will work for you.
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Download or log in to Portal to keep track of important dates and deadlines, book your appointments, and calculate your grade in a course.
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Use Backwards Planning for Tests to learn about and improve your time management skills for studying.