Last Wednesday, the main discussion of the Rose Café centered around stress and different techniques to relieve yourself of this stress. Two of the main techniques discussed were to get more sleep and to try and meditate and clear your mind. Sleep- fine, I could get more sleep. Meditating and clearing my mind- that’s a different story. When I am stressed about something, I cant stop thinking about what I have to do until it is done especially as it gets closer to a deadline. I am only able to meditate/clear my mind when I have no stress and can focus on just relaxing. My main stress reliever is to play basketball. While not necessarily playing a pick up game, but just going to the gym, listening to music and just shoot around trying different shots. The focus that I commit to making each shot, takes my mind off of whatever is stressing me out. Everybody has a different way of dealing with stress and basketball is mine.