Life @ U of T – Page 64

A Week of Mindful Moments

Back to school season typically brings forth the sensation of excitement and stress. However, with the unfamiliar terrain of online courses, I’ve found myself even more high-strung than usual. The Multi-Faith Centre offers frequent classes with Mindful Moments, so I…

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My Favourite Screen-Free Activities to Decompress

With all my lectures and meetings being online now, it’s definitely fair to say that I’m spending way too much time looking at a screen! I can really feel the effects of this—I’m super exhausted by the end of the…

King's College Circle at night in the winter

A Letter to My First-Year Self

In these photos, you look happy. Keep trying everything you can and everything you want. There’s seemingly not a lot of time in the day but once you put yourself in whatever opportunities you want, you’ll start to find a…

How I Avoid Eye and Screen Exhaustion

We are lucky to have screens and that many parts of our lives can be adapted to the virtual net, however, I’ve noticed that my eyes often feel strained and I have become more exhausted due to working on a…

Enjoying a few of my favourite things

I hope the term is beginning well! I'm new to the team this year and I'll be in Surrey, U.K. for fall and maybe winter too. I study mechanical engineering, and last season I lived on campus in St. Mike's…

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How Taking 6 Years To Complete My Undergraduate Degree Makes Me Less of A Perfectionist

Here's how completing my undergraduate degree in 6+ years changed my perspective on life and academics.

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Managing Synchronous and Asynchronous Lectures

Now that I’ve been in class for almost a week, I’m starting to notice a unique challenge of online learning this year… managing synchronous and asynchronous lectures! For those that don’t know, synchronous lectures refer to lectures that take place…

DIY Backgrounds for Online Classes

This week is a fun one (or at least I had a lot of fun doing it)! Now that classes are online I’ve been thinking a lot about backgrounds. Most of my professors ask us to keep our cameras on…

Dealing with a bad day- how I bounce back

This past week has been particularly rough for me and I suddenly found myself feeling overwhelmed by the future and everything going on around me, so this week, I wanted to share how I bounce back from my bad days.…

My Thoughts and Feelings Going Into My Final Year of University!

In a couple of days I’ll be starting my fourth and final year of university—there are a lot of things to process and think about! In this blog article, I thought I’d share some of my worries and hopes for…

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