Here we are at the start of a new lunar year. It’s nice, I think, that living in such a multicultural city affords us so many opportunities for fresh starts: if you haven’t managed to stick with the resolutions you made for January 1st, well, here’s a second chance. Why not turn over a new [...]
Summer Sylph slips silently Tween pages damp from heat And speaks in whispers softly through The tree leaves while you sleep Summer Sylph is waiting for you In your midnight mind Step out of doors and into gardens Campus nooks you’ll find Sparrows, dapples, blooms and breezes Wait for you out there Courtyards, stones and [...]
I find it particularly challenging to manage my time on the Internet. I plan to “work” for an hour and next thing I know, I’ve spent two hours just surfing around. (There are a variety of reasons — individual, social, technological — and there is even a technical term for it [PIU, Problematic Internet Use] [...]
Many students find it helpful—even essential—to build regular 5 minute breaks into long study sessions. For every 25 minutes or so studying, 5 minutes away from studying can make an enormous difference in our ability to concentrate and absorb new material. But some students complain that (while breaks are great in theory) they get into [...]
You’ll still have to study but if you want to optimize your brain function include exercise as a regular part of your study plan. Research shows that exercise hour away from your desk will more than pay off when you return rested, alert and calm. Exercise decreases your stress levels, improves your sleep, and improves [...]
A quick shout-out to a Student-Life-run blog called UpbeaT. (Full disclosure - I’m the manager of the project.) The point of the blog is that it’s by fiver full-time undergraduate students going through the same things you are – but they manage to do stuff other than studying! And the point of this post is [...]
How often have you had an opportunity, or seen a different way of doing things, and responded, oh, that’s just not me. We don’t believe we’re capable of something or we don’t see how it’s possible for anyone to be capable. This post reminds us that these limiting beliefs can do more than hold us [...]
… ladies and gentlemen, Ralph Waldo Emerson, and three lessons for productivity. CG
