Having Christmas Spirit in October Helps This Student Destress Having Christmas Spirit in October Helps This Student Destress

SYRACUSE, N.Y.  (NCC NEWS)– While the pandemic has infected many people, it has also affected many peoples level of stress.

Students are finding news ways to hep eliminate stress.

 

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Marissa Thomas doing work.
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Syracuse grad student, Marissa Thomas,  she started her week with a Healthy Monday.

Healthy Monday’s is a national initiative that shares resources for individuals to start off the weak fresh

“Reading for administrative law I think is a healthy Monday for me, ” Thomas said.

Mary Kate lee, Program Coordinator for the Lerner Center of Public Health Promotion said research by John Hopkins shows Monday as a fresh start,  and you are more willing to start a healthy behavior or stop a behavior better than on any other day of the week.

Along with starting off the week right, Thomas didn’t imagine that having a roommate during the pandemic would also be a way to eliminate stress.

“I did not expect a roommate to be as critical in this time,” Thomas said.

Thomas said their rooms are no longer an oasis were they can get away. There rooms have now turned into the workspace so it’s nice to be able to come out.

” It’s having someone to talk to, turned out to be a great destresser.” someone thats like hey let’s go something to eat, come watch tv, or come out of your room,” Thomas said.

Thomas and her roommate have also found another way to destress during the pandemic, by getting into the Christmas spirit early.

Just a few days from halloween and Thomas already has up her Christmas tree.

“Turning to Christmas spirit because the holly jolly time makes me happy and that actually has been a great destresser,” Thomas said.

Thomas said they do plan to get more, and that this is only the beginning.

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Reporter: “During this time Marissa start her weak, as she usually would. she started with a healthy Monday. but for her as a law student a healthy Monday is ”

Marissa Thomas: “Healthy Mondays is a national initiative that shares resources for individuals to start off the weak fresh ” 


Mary Kate Lee: “Research by John Hopkins show Monday as a fresh start, to start a healthy behavior or stop a behavior better than any other day of the week”

Reporter: “Marissa says she never would have imagined that someone who lived across the hall from her would help eliminate stress”

Marissa Thomas: “I did not expect a roommate to be as critical in this time”

Reporter: “Marissa says there rooms have now become there workspace, and no longer a place to get away
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Marissa Thomas: “It’s having someone to talk to has turned out to be a great destresser, someone thats like hey let’s go eat come watch tv, come out of your room.”

Reporter: ” And while many are still putting halloween decorations Marissa and her roommate”

Marissa Thomas: “we out our Christmas decorations up..turning to Christmas spirit because the holly jolly time makes me happy and that actually has been a great destresser .. what you see it only the beginning”

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