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Alexus Jarrett-Santos

Dr. Rouch

English 111

29 January 2017

Arts & Crafts is an great stress reliever

I have been doing arts & crafts since I was a kid. My aunt introduced me to arts & crafts.

It helps me get over my anger, and when I'm stressed I feel like my life of stress was relieved.

How I usually stress is because of too much homework, my friends getting on my nerves, or

school. This stuff keeps me from being myself. I feel lost without my Arts & crafts.My crafts

have shown me who I am. I’m a young lady that loves to create amazing projects and is very

calm when I do it. I have been through many different craft projects as a teenager and young

adult. I found the best way to relieve my stress is my crafts. The best way to relieve my stress is

making friendship bracelets. These bracelets are one of the best things that ever happen.

When I first was doing my crafts I started off just helping my aunt with her projects. I

love it so much that my mama bought me a potholder crafts set for Christmas. Every day I made

a new potholder in a different style. As I got older, I got better and I started to do a different

craft. After the potholder, I went to the friendship bracelets. I made one of every kind and style.

Once I got to high school and I was in art class I made a bond with my art teacher and she taught

me more about art. I love that class from weaving to plaster. Once I was angry about school or

my personal life I went straight to my art class and ventured to my teacher. Sometimes she let me

do this type of art in class.

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I feel stressed and angry a lot and for a long time, I did not know how to deal with it. I try

other people's stress remedies, but that never works. One day I was so stressed out that I cried

and didn’t know what to do. Next thing I know, I pulled out my craft box and I started to make

one of my bracelets to calm my nerves. After an hour or two of making my bracelets, I was fine

and it felt like everything was normal in my life. Stress to me is not a big deal if I have my stress

reliever with me. I usually don't stress unless I have too much homework. Sometimes it can be

my friends getting on my nerves or school. Once I get my crafts out everyone is zone out and I’m

in my own bubble.

I am really stressed out a lot, especially now in college. Most of my work, assessments,

and quizzes are due to close to or at the same. I feel stressed and worried about it and sometimes

I do not know what to do about it. At the beginning of the semester I did not have my crafts stuff

due to the fact that I was staying on campus and did not bring my essentials. The first time I went

home I had to get one of my crafts boxes. It’s a thing that when I’m too stressed out with my

homework, I have to stop and work on any type of crafts I have. Sometimes when I’m not myself

and I feel like I am not going to do my work. I have to work on my crafts and I can be myself

like I never left.

I believe arts & crafts is the best way to relieve my stress and to be myself. I have been

doing this for a long time and my stress levels have never been high. When I am stressed I can

just calm my stress by walking away from my homework and start a new project or finish an old

one. This is important to me because college is a stressful time and I need to know who I am. I

also need to come back to my roots and just relax.I feel at peace when I am making my bracelets.
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