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Don’t Stress: House Hunting 101

Stressed about back-to-school housing? This post is for you! I attended Housing Services’ House Hunting 101 presentation and here’s what I learned. You can watch the recorded livestream here. Before you start your search it's important that you determine your…

Staying Mentally Healthy While Social Distancing

Health and Wellness has been offering a bunch of online workshops in order to aid students in keeping up their mental health. Last Tuesday I virtually attended the workshop titled Staying Mentally Healthy While Practicing Social Distancing. The meeting was…

8 Book Recommendations for Summer 2020

Since this was the last week of classes, I finally have some time to do some outside-of-academia reading! This week’s post is a book recommendation because I always find that lists like this inspire me to read more. I’ve also…

Finding Mindfulness in the Midst of Things

Now more than ever may be the time people need mindfulness. Mindfulness is a way to become fully aware of your emotions, allowing you to recognize how you are feeling (perhaps sad or anxious or stressed) and accept this state…

A Writing Workshop with Poet Ronna Bloom

Last Thursday I attended an online Zoom workshop with the Canadian poet and psychotherapist Ronna Bloom. The workshop, titled How To Be a 3D Person in a Flat-Screened World, was centred around reflecting on how to deal with the disconnect…

7 Ways to Incorporate Art into Your Life

Hey everyone! This week I challenged myself to spend some time making art. I honestly haven’t been doing much these days so I wanted something to make me feel both creative and productive. Below is how I tried to incorporate…

I tried a virtual study hub

This week I’ve been falling behind on work (as usual) so I decided to try a Virtual Study Hub. A Virtual Study Hub is basically a Zoom meeting where people hold each other accountable for getting work done for a…

Undergrad Research & Self-Directed Studying

Hey everyone! I’m sure we are feeling a bit anxious and stir-crazy at this time, and perhaps especially overwhelmed with having to do school work on top of everything. I originally planned to write this week’s post about my experience…

A Game Plan to Beat Procrastination

Have I been procrastinating writing my essays? Have I been procrastinating doing my laundry, going grocery shopping, and even writing this blog post? The answers are all yes. Over the past year I have become a major procrastinator, getting everything…

The Joy of Choreography

Happy Joy Week everyone! This week I’m writing about dance choreography because that is what immediately pops into my head when I think about what brings me joy! Ever since I was a kid I would spend hours dancing around…

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