📘School Stress → Calm & Control Path

• Step 1 — **Pause the overload.** Your brain can’t think clearly when stressed. Take 3 long exhales — your mind resets fastest through breathing, not thinking.
• Step 2 — **List EVERYTHING stressing you.** Subjects, deadlines, expectations, fear of marks — put it all on paper so your brain doesn’t keep looping it.
• Step 3 — **Circle the top ONE thing.** Not five. Not three. One. Your system calms when it has a single direction.
• Step 4 — **Work in micro-chunks.** 20 minutes work → 5 minutes break. Your brain learns consistency, not perfection.
• Step 5 — **Detach your worth from marks.** Your exam score is not your personality. You matter beyond performance.