#19 Your Emotional Savings Account: Learn Ways to Buffer Against College Stress by Balancing Life’s “Withdrawals” With Skills “Deposits”

Most college students are aware that they 1) have a bank account, and 2) you have to deposit money into this account if you’re going to make a lot of withdrawals. Too many withdrawals? Yup, here comes that “low balance” alert. But how often are we paying attention to our “emotional bank balance”? In this week’s episode, we discuss the importance of depositing and accumulating positive emotions to build up an emotional reserve.  Stressors in college are unpredictable and at times unrelenting.  When you start noticing you are having a lot of withdrawals to your mood, you usually start to be less happy, irritable, and less motivated.  Because withdrawals are inevitable, we need to be more mindful of doing things consistently that lead to positive emotions. We need to make more emotional deposits.Key points include:Self-validation (don’t knock ‘til you’ve tried it, and make sure you actually know what it means)“Lower case and upper case” scheduled pleasant activitiesAccessing a range of relationships, both deep friendships as well as “consequential strangers”For some visuals to go with our skills today, make sure to follow us on TikTok and Instagram at @collegeisfinepodcastWant to share your story, give us feedback or offer up an episode idea? Reach out! We'd love to hear from you. Insta:  @collegeisfinepodcastTik Tok: @collegeisfinepodcastEmail: [email protected] is Deadbeats by Rex Banner