Talia – Life @ U of T

My Favourite Exercise For Soothing Anxious Thoughts

With the craziness of the past week, I’ve definitely had many moments of feeling anxious, stressed, and overwhelmed. Throughout hard times like this, I think it’s more important than ever to sooth anxious thoughts and think rationally. Even though things…

Heads up: There’s a New Bubble Tea Place Near Campus!

A couple days ago I was invited by YGO Lab to try their bubble tea with my friend Kate. YGO Lab is a bubble tea place I’ve been to before—I love bubble tea, and with YGO Lab’s convenient location near…

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Making Your Space Feel Like Home: My Top Decor Tricks!

Going to university can be a pretty lonely experience. I moved far away from my home in Vancouver to come to university, and it’s taken me a long time to feel fully at home. But, I found that really making…

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Why I Love Visiting Profs in Office Hours

Office hours are designated hours professors/sessional lecturers holds weekly, in which you can go and talk to them about a variety of topics without making an appointment. Most professors list their office hours in the syllabus of their course, so…

Decompressing From Technology While in University

One thing I’ve noticed about university is that it can be very technology heavy! I do all of my notes, readings, and assignments on my laptop, so I’m pretty much always in front of a screen. Even though I love…

How I Got Over My Nerves and Started Going to the Gym

I never thought I would become a gym person. After years of hating high school gym class, I never wanted to willingly exercise again. Though I eventually started exercising later in my life, I’d never gone to the gym at…

“So what are you doing after your undergrad?” How 4 U of T Students Are Figuring Out The Answer

Last week, I wrote a blog about how to deal with stress surrounding your future. Writing it reminded me that deciding what to do after your undergrad is a super stressful thing, which lots of people are struggling to figure out.…

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Stressing About The Future? When It’s Useful and When It’s Not

These past few weeks I’ve started really worrying about my future—from impending grad school applications, to decisions about what career I’m going to pursue, to choosing what city to live in, lots of big life decisions are coming up. Some…

Surviving Food Poisoning While At University

You’d think your first week back to university would be fun and relaxing, right? Think again. Last week, on my second day back to school, I got food poisoning after eating at a deep dish pizza place on Bathurst and…

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Three Ways Third Year is Different Than Other Years

Now that I’ve completed my first semester of my third year at U of T, I wanted to write an article explaining some important differences I’ve noticed between third year and other years. Of course, everyone’s third year experience will…

Author: Talia

Author: Talia

My Favourite Exercise For Soothing Anxious Thoughts

Heads up: There’s a New Bubble Tea Place Near Campus!

Making Your Space Feel Like Home: My Top Decor Tricks!

Why I Love Visiting Profs in Office Hours

Decompressing From Technology While in University

How I Got Over My Nerves and Started Going to the Gym

“So what are you doing after your undergrad?” How 4 U of T Students Are Figuring Out The Answer

Stressing About The Future? When It’s Useful and When It’s Not

Surviving Food Poisoning While At University

Three Ways Third Year is Different Than Other Years

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Author: Talia