This week (Nov. 4-8) is International Stress Awareness Week. As I reflected on the
semester so far, messages about stress awareness popped up on my news feed and I paused
to think about how stress impacts our lives. Over the past few weeks, I noticed an
uptick in the number of students and colleagues talking about how they felt stressed,
or burned out, or simply that their energy level was low. The lengthening darkness
of Interior Alaska, this particular phase of the academic cycle, and for some, the
approaching festive season likely brought on or heightened this stress-induced fatigue.
However, it is an unavoidable fact that we will all experience stress to different
degrees, at different times, and with different frequencies throughout our lives.
Continue reading this week's Friday Focus.
