October is mental health month, so I thought it might be useful to write one of the biggest things that have been messing with my head during my time in university – social media. It was actually a song that…
Author: Karim
Hey guys, my name is Karim and I’m a Criminology major here at UofT. With this opportunity to blog here weekly, I hope to try a ton of new things and share them here with all of you. Some hobbies that I enjoy are playing the guitar and writing music, watching anime, making videos, and writing comedy skits. Something that I’ve been wanting to work on is meeting new people, and I think going out and experiencing new things to write about in this blog will really help with that.
Gaming daily
Navigating the sweet middle ground between supplementing free time with video games and falling into gaming addiction can be tough to do. Gaming had an adverse effect on my academics in high school, so I haven’t really regularly gamed since 11th…
Tunes that help me get through my days
It’s corny, but I can’t think of another way to say this – music takes me to another place. This makes keeping music a big part of my routine all the more essential during a school year which can get…
Cool places to study between classes
So, I have this problem. It is impossible for me to do school assignments at home since it’s a place where I can do nothing but just hang out and relax. So, my solution during my years here at U…
Learning an instrument
A little over a year ago, I was left feeling pretty burnt out after my first year of university. A big question I was facing within myself was about what I would use as an outlet for all of the negativity…
Organizing my streaming schedule
Streaming shows, movies, and videos on the internet have been a plague to my GPA efforts in previous years. YouTube rabbit holes, seasonal anime, Netflix binges – you name it. These have been the number-one source of wasted time during school…
Commute checklist
For someone as restless as myself, commutes can be a fatally boring task. Besides the ever-present feeling that time is being wasted away, taking the bus and the subway every day to and from school is an incredibly tiresome and…
Keeping a clear head through creative writing
I’m a person that can’t get through life without my hobbies. It’s really important, I think, to take time every day to decompress and do what you love. I will admit, though, that many of my hobbies in the past…
Annotating my books
A habit that I’ve picked up recently is annotating personal copies of books that I’m reading by writing criticisms, underlining brilliant passages, or writing in the margins about things I like or relate to. I used to be a person…
Mentally preparing for the new academic year: my checklist
While the beginning of the fall term seems far-off now, I know all too well how a semester can seemingly come out of nowhere and have me knocked out before I even get a chance to swing. This is a…