Balance – Page 44 – Life @ U of T

a black textured booklet atop a black tabletop

Step 1: have a plan. Step 2: profit.

Being productive is good for our mental health. It’s even more rewarding to be productive when you’re completing an intentional and mapped out plan. Being a university student means we must have specific strategies for completing assignments all the time.…

Continue reading…

A picture of a blanket and some pillows.

A Much Needed Break

It’s Reading Week!! YASSS! Mid-October to November is usually the busiest time during the semester, so a fall reading week is precisely what I needed in my life. Some of you lucky ones get to go home for the break,…

Continue reading…

A woman burying her face in her hands in front of her reading materials.

Procrastination without the guilt, if you do it right!

Last week on social media HealthyU did a small campaign promoting wellbeing through one action item per day as outlined by the NEF (Aked, Marks, Cordon, Thompson, 2008). They defined wellbeing as “Feelings of happiness, contentment, enjoyment, curiosity, and engagement”…

Continue reading…

An Evening of Learning Effective Presentation Skills

I consider myself to be a strong public speaker. But when it comes to presentations, I feel it is difficult to engage the audience when focusing on one specific topic. This week, I decided to attend an Academic Success workshop…

Continue reading…

An upward tilted photo of an older building, lined with leaves

Appreciating the little things

With all that goes on in our academic lives and the pressure that looms heavily over our heads; urging us to be the best we can be, have the best grades, the highest GPA, join as many clubs as we…

Continue reading…

An Online Course Adventure

With every new semester comes new challenges and experiences. This semester, I’m taking my first online course. To be honest, it wasn’t until this summer that I even knew that U of T offered online courses! It's had its challenges,…

Continue reading…

Dealing with stressful weeks

Last week was one of those weeks – three exams and two midterms. And I was sick. You can imagine the stress. I like to look back and reflect on particularly stressful weeks mainly because it’s interesting how despite how…

Continue reading…

A picture of a salad

Eating Healthy

After living in my college’s residence for two years, I decided it was finally time to venture out and escape the little bubble I often found myself in on campus. Now that I am living off campus I have suddenly…

Continue reading…

Scrabble letters spelling out "Mental Health"

How Are You Feeling Today? ?

Welcome back from midterms. This was an immensely stressful week for me and I thank green tea, 30 minute naps, brisk walks, hot showers and study-focused playlists to help get me through writing over 4,500 words, intense note-taking and endless…

Continue reading…

A New Take on Group Studying

When I think of studying in a group, I think about procrastinating and spending my time chatting rather than actually studying. However, my opinion changed this week when I attended an Academic Success Study Hub in the Koffler Student Services…

Continue reading…