IGNITE TALK

1. I chose to do my ignite talk on the phrase Hakuna Matata. We all worry about things that don't need to be worried about and stress out abut things that we can't change. I think Hakuna Matata is just a small phrase we could try to live by to make our lives easier. 2. I think it's safe to say everyone has seen The Lion King movie- right? Hakuna Matata comes from this movie. The movie shows how Simba learns the phrase and tries to not worry about what his past was and how his future might end up. 3. So this picture kind of shows how when we are freaking out and stressing over everything we should just keep calm and say Hakuna Matata. We can't just worry about things as much as we do. Especially college students. 4.Obviously we all have our stressors in our lives and sometimes we can't help stressing... especially during finals week. But stressing over everything gets you no where. You just end up more stressed- so that's not the answer. 5. Why do we stress over the little things? It's pretty much a reflex- when you have too much on your plate you get stressed- a lot of times we feel like we should be stressed about certain things. That it's normal to be stressed about it. 6. But should we be stressed about everything?... Nah. If we stressed about too many things it wouldn't help us in the future. We can't constantly worry about everything because its too much work to do so and can stop us from living our lives. 7. Stress is harmful to us physically by causing anxiety, obesity, muscle pain, and insomnia. Not only physically though- it can also affect our bodies, minds, emotions, and behaviors. Leaving us screwed. 8. We all have stress though- some things that I have stressed about this weekend: Finals, this presentation, jobs for the summer, the future, my stats exam, not having money, packing, and going home. 9. There are many ways to stop stressing if we want too. Drinking water, listening to music, reading a book, if you like writing- you can write, giving yourself a mani, washing your hair. Really anything to take your mind off the stress. 10. Some things we don't need to stress- what people think of us. Their opinions don't matter and letting it get to you can eat you up. Even what your parents think of you doesn't matter because in the end it's just you. 11. Homework is another one- yes, it's important to do your work but at the same time getting stressed about it isn't good. Sometimes we have to much on our plates and getting a bad grade or missing an assignment isn't great but it's not the end of the world. 12. Family drama can be stressful but there are ways to avoid the stress of it. You can leave the house or listen to music. Every family has drama sometimes though but letting it stress us out isn't going to make it disappear. 13. Drama is a really stressful thing to be a part of. When our friends fight we don't like it and it stresses us out. Especially when the drama involves us. But people are going to have drama and we can't control other people so we can't worry about it. 14. Whether you are worried about the way you look or your future or anything that you want changed you have to realize that not everything is meant to be changed and we can't change it because that is the way it is! So we have to accept it and move on. 15. I liked this quote I found. Honestly it really is all small stuff. We get one shot in life and we shouldn't spend it worrying about every little thing. 16. I'm not saying we should stop caring about things. I'm saying stressing over things and having worries in life doesn't do much good so we should try not worrying to much. 17. How stressful is your life at this very minute. This is a chart of what surveyed peopled answered to that question. Right now our lives are probably more stressed than usual because of finals. 18. We can't predict the future. Tomorrow might be really good or really bad. It's not healthy though to stress whether it will be or won't be. We got to go with the flow and realize that some days may disappoint us while others don't. 19. Stress is usually bad but sometimes it isn't. It can help give us motivation to finish something we need to do. The key is how much you are stressing. Over stressing is bad. 20. This presentation won't make you stop stressing for good. It's not suppose to. It's just to help people realize that we can let stress get the best of us. And we should try to live with no worries! HAKUNA MATATA.