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Rainbows: the new stress cure

This article was published on April 4, 2018 and may be out of date. To maintain our historical record, The Cascade does not update or remove outdated articles.

Last week, I was stressing out about deadlines. Everything snuck up on me (as it does at the end of the semester), and I was overwhelmed and unprepared. Not only that, but I planned a vacation that began 14 hours after my last class ended, so the pressure was on to finish everything on time and get ready for said vacation. Needless to say, I was freaking out.

As an avid procrastinator, I did what I do best — I closed my laptop, grabbed my keys, and went for a drive. And I’m glad I did, because as I was driving, I saw a perfect rainbow — not some half-assed one — that stretched from one edge of the earth to the other. The pure joy I felt reminded me that life isn’t all about deadlines and being busy. You have to step back and enjoy the simple things, too.
Image: Amara Gelaude/The Cascade

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