Down time – Page 28 – Life @ U of T

Why I’m choosing self-care this winter

Growing up in California, clear, blue, sunny skies greeted me everyday. When I came to Toronto, I suddenly went long stretches without seeing those familiar blue skies, especially during the winter months. I’ve now experienced three Toronto winters and I’ve…

Self-Care with a Disability: What does that look like?

Having a disability is a unique and nuanced experience. Students with disabilities can often find themselves overworked and overstressed, without any comforting release. When told to indulge in ‘self-care’, many students don’t know what that looks like for them, or…

Best Tourist Activities in Buenos Aires

So your spending your semester and or year abroad in Buenos Aires, having a good time, when you get the call. Family (or friends) will be coming to visit. Here are the essential tourist activities I would take my loved…

Hackathons and Hatcheries – Interdisciplinary Hubs

Again, I mainly participate for the free Google t-shirt but more importantly...

To Stress or Not to Stress

Stress (Noun) /stres The Oxford Dictionary’s definition: A state of mental or emotional strain or tension resulting from adverse or demanding circumstances. My definition: A constant battle with oneself. A mental state that consumes one’s psyche for prolonged periods of time until…

Turkey on a dinner table with table settings.

Thanksgiving in Tokyo

Studying abroad means constantly learning. Not always by sitting in class or studying at the library, but in daily interactions. Every day is an opportunity for cultural exchange– embarrassing myself during conversations, listening to my obachan talk about etiquette, and…

Category: Down time (page 28)

Why I’m choosing self-care this winter

Self-Care with a Disability: What does that look like?

Best Tourist Activities in Buenos Aires

Hackathons and Hatcheries – Interdisciplinary Hubs

To Stress or Not to Stress

Thanksgiving in Tokyo

Shh! It’s Reading Week – Meditation Retreat on Campus

Three Days in Córdoba, Argentina

CCSL 2018 @ U of T

Logging My Reading Week