Throughout my time as a high school student, I have experienced many trials and tribulations that all cause stress and take a toll on my mental health. I imagine that I am one of millions of teenagers worldwide who feel this overbearing stress and pressure to exceed expectations, and I know that many wish they could have a break from all of these pressures. However, I have found my stress reliever in transcendental meditation, commonly referred to as Tm by practitioners. I first started Tm in third grade, when my Brother, who has ADHD, tried Tm as a way to cope and control his condition. Tm has helped my brother tremendously, and its effects were almost instantaneous. As a result of TM’s success for my brother, the rest of my family, including me, adopted transcendental meditation.

To say that Tm has been merely a stress reliever is an understatement: almost all of my achievements in high school can be credited in some form to Tm. Everyday after I arrive home from school, I always do Tm. Sometimes it is 20 minutes, other times it stretches to 40 minutes. Regardless, it has been a lifesaver. It is common for highschoolers to be drained from the day’s activities, and I am no different. Tm is like a battery charger that revitalizes me and allows me to maintain enough energy to complete all of my homework, study for all of my classes, and update this very blog. I have talked about how to do Tm on this blog before, but I cannot stress the benefits enough. Such practice in any daily routine is the difference between average and Straight A student.