Stress is a fact of life; I experience many levels of stress every day. According to “The Stress in America” survey, 22% of all Americans report extreme stress at 8.9 or 10 on a 10-point scale where 1 is little or no stress and 10 is a lot of stress (APA, 2011) . Stress can be defined as “the general state of the body, mind, and emotions when an environmental stressor has triggered the stress response (Teague, Mackenzie, Rosenthal, 2011). “Stressors are events or anything that causes stress. In this essay I describe the positive and negative effects of stress and how I am coping with academic, financial, and time management. As a college student I know how stressful it can be to keep up with and pass classes to maintain a good GAP I. I take five classes every semester and sometimes, especially now that I'm independent and working, I feel like I'm losing control of school and It's hard to do both at work and stressing out doesn't make things better. I was starting to feel like I had too much on my hands all at once, so I decided to think of better ideas...