Stress Management Plan Assignment - Personal Reflection Journal

This assignment presents a student's personal stress management plan, focusing on time management as a priority stressor. The plan outlines the rationale behind this choice, emphasizing the desire to improve time management skills and enhance overall productivity. The goal is to utilize a diary and create daily schedules, with a start and end date for evaluation. The benefits include improved commitment completion, increased free time, and opportunities for new learning and career advancement. The action plan includes steps like making schedules, prioritizing tasks, and setting boundaries. The assignment also identifies potential barriers like social media addiction and procrastination, offering solutions such as setting time limits and using task management applications. The plan is assessed based on the clarity of its elements, grammar, and overall organization.

STRESS MANAGEMENT PLAN: Name: ____________________________ Mark /25
Due: July 18, 2018
Priority Stressor: (Name one important stressor that you wish to manage
and explain it)
Time is the priority stressor that I want to change. Individuals are seen to
experience time stress when they are seen to worry about time or that of
lack of time. They might be worried as they might have to perform a
great number of things within a particular time. At the same time, the
individual might fear that he may fail to achieve it and thereby might feel
trapped, hopeless or even unhappy.
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Rationale: (Why is this stressor a priority for you?)
This is a stressor for me. If I am able to overcome the stressor, I will
develop good time management skills that will allow me for
accomplishing more within a short period. I will be able to complete all
assigned commitment with quality. This will lead me to get free time and
I will then have the advantage of gaining new learning opportunities and
thereby focus on career growth in future
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Goal: (What is your plan on dealing with the stress? Make sure it’s clear,
concise, with start and finish dates identified, and strategies that you plan
to use)
I will maintain a diary and plan my day with time schedules for each
activities of the day. I will try maintaining that from 20th July. I will
evaluate the outcome on 20th September. I will face issues at first in
abiding by the time but by concentration, motivational and self-
determination, I will be able to achieve the skill.
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Benefits: (Identify at least 2 benefits to achieving your goal)
 I will be able to complete all assigned commitment with quality.
 This will lead me to get free time and I will then have the
advantage of gaining new learning opportunities and thereby
focus on career growth in future
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ACTION PLAN (include at least 4 different action steps to achieving your goal) / 8
Target Dates Action Steps and Rewards You Will Give Yourself
20th July to 20th September Making the schedules and sticking to it
Learning in proper Prioritizing skills
Setting boundaries
Accounting goof distractions and staying away from bad distractions
Never procrastinating

Barriers: (Identify at least 2 possible barriers to reaching your goal)
 Social media addiction
 procrastination
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Solutions: (Identify solutions related to your barriers)
 Turning of notifications on smart-phone, finding new hobby,
setting time limits, culling the network
 Commitment to the task, working out the reasons for
procrastination, promising myself for a reward, asking someone
to check upon me, using task and time management applications,
keeping to do list and others
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COMMUNICATION Plan is well written; each element is identified;
has minimal grammar or spelling errors
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Writing is average; each element is described;
has few grammar and/or spelling errors
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Plan is poorly written; has many grammar
and/or spelling errors
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