Moore and others note, is not only for students who are feeling overwrought. Every day, hectic or not, presents an opportunity to use some time-tested methods. She also cited time management, not trying to do too much at once and getting help for organizational projects. Time management also figures into political science graduate student Larissa Ruiz's method for avoiding stress. That's a big part of it.
Nature also helps.
For Ruiz, a trip to Lake Wauburg or Lake Alice can ease the tension of studying or writing a paper. You have to have those things. Some students also cite elective courses. Students named courses such as Man's Food, camping, Exceptional People and Theatre Appreciation as a way to lighten a semester's load. Cole, who suggested Russian Masterpieces and Wildlife Issues, noted that upper-division courses are most likely to give him grief.