I don’t know if anyone else feels the same way but coming back to a hybrid schedule has completely uprooted my routine, learning style and in some ways – my life. Last year during midterm season, I didn’t have to…
The Price of Being a Commuter Student: Locker Troubles and Finding Study Space
In mid-September I went to campus to attend my in-person classes for the first time. I looked around me and asked myself: Are there more people on campus now than in my orientation week three years ago? I couldn’t believe…
🚆 My Experience As a Commuter Student (Plus Tips)! 🚏
As a full-time commuter student living in Scarborough, getting to campus can sometimes feel like a chore. On cold weather days, there are transit delays and interruptions to consider. On warmer days, the chance of sitting on a bus or…
Always tired? Mindfulness might help
It’s so unbelievably good to disconnect completely from the ceaseless cycle of deadlines that is university academics.
Commuting 101
Commuting used to be the most dreaded part of my day. The crowded subway car, the frequent delays and struggling to balance made me never want to face the TTC again. Rush hour: my ultimate nemesis! But since I can’t escape…
Commuting Thoughts
I always seem to have epiphanies about my life and my career when I’m doing mundane things. When I’m in the shower, washing dishes, or cooking, my thoughts start wandering, and I end up coming up with all sorts of ideas. Most of them are terrible, or weird, but sometimes, they actually lead to relevant insights.
Fueling my commuter student day
I lived on residence for my first three years at U of T and now that I’m living off-campus I face a real nutritional challenge. I used to pop into my residence repeatedly throughout the day, which gave me the chance to make some food and sit down to eat. Needless to say, these days that’s not exactly feasible.
It’s been a learning curve, but I’ve managed to identify some strategies for success when it comes to feeding myself as a new commuter student. I was doing a terrible job of it initially and learned my lesson the hard way when I fell ill and enjoyed a throbbing headache for three whole days. If you take anything away from this post, try to remember that while it can be challenging, time-consuming and expensive to stay on top of healthy eating sometimes – it’s worth the work. You might save an hour or two by cutting corners or cutting meals but you’ll lose much more than that when you’re feeling unwell later on.
In which commuting isn’t as terrible as it seems
The other day, I was talking with my future roommates in our Facebook group chat about when we would move into the apartment for September. The chat was a mix of finalizing plans and cracking jokes, but it also signalled to me that my summertime commuting for work, volunteer commitments, and social plans was coming to an end. You would think that this realization would immediately bring relief (I mean, commuting wastes so many hours in a day), but strangely, I have mixed feelings about living downtown again.
The Perks of Commuting
What does a commuter love more than on-schedule public transit? Free food. And an entire week of it, no less. See, last week was….. *drumroll please*: Commuter Appreciation Week at U of T! Well, okay, it’s not really an officially…
Chronicles of an Amateur Commuter
Hey, U of T!
Do you ever….
- set an alarm for 6AM in order to be in time for an 9AM class?
- hear the words “Attention TTC customers….” and roll your eyes at least twice a day?
- carry one of these bad babies in your wallet/purse/general debris that litters the bottom of your bag (if you’re like me)
