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  Very often, stress is renamed as anxiety when spoken. Hence, understanding first what you are going through is important- is it stress or anxiety? According to the DSM-5 (2013), “Fear is the emotional response to a real or perceived imminent threat, whereas anxiety is the anticipation of a future threat.” Thus, anxiety can be defined as a temporarily diffused emotional state triggered by a hypothetically/possibly harmful situation, with a very low or perhaps uncertain chance of happening (Goes et al., 2018).   If you are someone who faces these issues, then you are not alone. General anxiety is highly common. According to WHO, 1 in 3 people has anxiety. Lots of people with anxiety turn towards quick fixes and pop pills to reduce or stop their anxiousness. There are ways to reduce anxiety without medication that work in the long run. Relaxation Learn a few relaxation techniques, such as meditation and breathing exercises. There are guided videos online if meditating by y...

  I remember this one advice about long and difficult climbs: it explained how that only concentrating on the summit, your mind would begin to doubt your ability to reach it, and you will be more prone to failure. You can nearly always complete the climb if you look only a few steps ahead, far enough to escape any obstacles.   The key is to stay focused on the task at hand, only looking up to ensure that you are on your path to meet your final goal. This is one of the most important advices I have worked on that short-term goals are the only perfect way to achieving long term goals and I make sure my team and others benefit from it too. One of the most important aspects of goal-setting is to set SMART (Specific, Measurable, Ambitious, Realistic, and Time-bound) goals, whilst keeping them short-term as component of a bigger goal. You'll be able to keep up to the tempo, racing from one objective to another reaching your long-term goals faster and more effectively.   Th...