It’s not that we want to focus on what’s stressful on Mondays, it just seems that everything stressful seems that much more stressful the day after Sunday.

So many of the tips and resources we share here are practical that we thought it was time we got philosophical. University Affairs has been publishing on university life for a long time. Jo VanEvery has also been writing about professional development for quite a while. When the two teamed up to write about how to manage your stress a few weeks back, the result was a mix of clinical and spiritual advice. As VanEvery explains, stress within academia can depend a lot upon your position,

But whoever you are, the keys to managing stress are universal and are found in the opening lines of a prayer (sometimes known as the serenity prayer) by Reinhold Niebuhr: accepting the things you cannot change, having the courage to change the things you can, and knowing the difference between the two.

To find out the difference according to VanEvery, read more of her article here. You might want to check out VanEvery’s blog, too.