by Margaret Aitken As Covid-19 begins to spread throughout the country, we’re seeing more and more public events cancelled. Some boarding schools have sent students home and some classes are opening online. It may well be that soon we will all be...
As a novelist myself, I frequently engage in what I like to call the Writer’s Exaggerated Exclamation of Anguish: “I have no time to write!” Being a university student as well as working part-time means I’ve spent years devising strategies on how to...
It can be a nightmare when attempting to turn new activities into habits. This has been widely studied – to create habits we would need to routinely do the activity over a period of time. Mindfulness is a practice that focuses on relaxing the...
I have been called a studyholic on numerous occasions. During semester time I do focus on study and it is my number one priority. However, during the holidays I forget about study, schedules and assignments. I know lots of people who study during...
We’ve all been there. You’re under pressure to submit assignments, work is tiring you out, stuff just keeps going wrong and there’s so much you want to achieve but you just can’t seem to get any of it done. If you’ve hit this point, the...
Exercise has so many benefits for our physical and mental health, both of which are super important to maintain while you’re at uni. But when time pressures and mental fatigue combine, it can seem like a huge effort to put the books away and get...
We spend our days juggling too many commitments and thinking about all the things that we have to accomplish. Sometimes we forget our most valuable asset which is ourselves! Here are a few tips to take care of YOU: Eat well. This may seem easy...
by Zali Bland Winter makes most people cranky. We’re cold, our skin is dry, and it’s usually raining. Seasonal depression is to be expected, even in neurotypical folks (read: people who don’t experience mental illness/es in their everyday lives)...
It’s that time of year when you’re starting to feel the pressure of assessments and events, one after the other. Among all the university hype, it is important to take time out for yourself to refresh, relax and get into a focused mental state...
You know those people who seem to have their life together: they’re organised, proactive, fit and happy but somehow also manage to include down time in their busy schedule? We tend to be jealous of these rare kinds of people because they do...
