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Author: Karim

WINTER BLUES

Posted on: October 26, 2018 Last updated on: October 26, 2018 Written by: Karim Comments: 0
With all this cold weather lately, the winter mood has already set in for me. It wasn’t until I started university that my winter mood started morphing into a sort of “down” feeling. You know what I mean, right? Low…
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Wasting time on social media

Posted on: October 10, 2018 Last updated on: October 10, 2018 Written by: Karim Comments: 1
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…
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Gaming daily

Posted on: October 3, 2018 Last updated on: October 3, 2018 Written by: Karim Comments: 0
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…
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Tunes that help me get through my days

Posted on: September 28, 2018 Last updated on: September 28, 2018 Written by: Karim Comments: 0
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…
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Cool places to study between classes

Posted on: September 20, 2018 Last updated on: September 20, 2018 Written by: Karim Comments: 0
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…
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Learning an instrument

Posted on: September 12, 2018 Last updated on: September 11, 2018 Written by: Karim Comments: 2
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…
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Organizing my streaming schedule

Posted on: August 29, 2018 Last updated on: August 29, 2018 Written by: Karim Comments: 0
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…
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Commute checklist

Posted on: August 23, 2018 Last updated on: August 23, 2018 Written by: Karim Comments: 0
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…
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Keeping a clear head through creative writing

Posted on: August 8, 2018 Last updated on: August 8, 2018 Written by: Karim Comments: 0
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…
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Annotating my books

Posted on: July 25, 2018 Last updated on: July 25, 2018 Written by: Karim Comments: 0
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…
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