The week after reading week, A.K.A, the week everything was due. And I have yet to meet all the deadlines and the week is now long over. Yep, I dropped the ball. Not because I am a lazy or irresponsible…
How the snow thawed my brain…
I have a whole lot of stuff due this week and it’s just the tip of the iceberg. Speaking of icebergs… This weekend I had a ridiculous amount of work due, but I still managed to find time to for…
joy at U of T
Since I've joined the Community Crew this year, we've come across a few students expressing shock at the fact that we are real people. Perhaps they thought we were professional models hired by the university. I would love it if I was a…
The Art of Forgiving Yourself
"The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong." - Mahatma Gandhi We’ve all heard the expression “forgive and forget.” For most people, it seems, that expression only applies to other people. We’re supposed to give loved…
Student Burn Out — Stressful Times Call For Simple Measures
Most of us have days when we feel overloaded, overwhelmed, and underappreciated. When the dozen or so balls we keep in the air aren’t manageable. When dragging ourselves out of bed requires the determination of Hercules. It's called burn out.…
Goals That I Probably Will/Might/Probably-Won’t-But-Like-To-Tell-Myself-I-Will Accomplish This Year
Hello bloggies! I hope you enjoyed your holidays! I feel like I haven’t posted since last year. (Ha, see what I did there?) I’ve spent the past few days trying to actively pull myself out of Holiday Mode (somewhat unsuccessfully…
I’ve found my escape. What’s yours?
I love keeping myself busy with things I love doing, but sometimes living the 100-mile-an-hour student life takes its toll. I have this tendency to over-analyze and worry WAY too much about everything… so when there’s a whole bunch of…
The Next Step: Finding a Solution
A couple of weeks ago, amidst my blurry week of examhaustion and essay-frenzy, I had hit the caffeine ceiling with my intake, and the results were far from pretty. After accepting the fact that it had become an issue, it…
How to manage post-exam stress
As we all know, exams are stressful. They take a semester's worth of knowledge and cram it all into a two or three hour session. For someone like me who isn't particularly fond of examinations (I much rather write final…
It’s Exam Time, So Take Care of Yourself!
It’s December! And we all know what that means… winter break! Yay! However, there’s just one small thing to do first … Exams. Yes, it makes me cringe every time I think about it. For most of us, exams are…