{"id":17944,"date":"2013-09-17T13:18:59","date_gmt":"2013-09-17T17:18:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/lifeatuoft\/?p=17944"},"modified":"2013-09-17T13:38:21","modified_gmt":"2013-09-17T17:38:21","slug":"moderation-is-not-mediocrity-an-introduction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/lifeatuoft\/2013\/09\/17\/moderation-is-not-mediocrity-an-introduction\/","title":{"rendered":"Moderation is not mediocrity: An Introduction"},"content":{"rendered":"The student life seems to be one of extremes, and perhaps that is what makes it so glamorous. The stereotypical displays of exaggeration include inordinate amounts of drinking during parties, barely existent amounts of sleep during midterm and final season, the seemingly infinite amounts of reading, the excessive stress and anxiety...All of this tends to lead towards exhaustion and burnout.\r\n\r\nBut nobody boasts about moderation: <\/i>\u201cHey! Guess who has been moderately drinking at parties, and getting enough sleep to wake up in the morning to feel refreshed and motivated to study?\u201d\r\n\r\nI think it\u2019s because students\u00a0equate moderation<\/i> with mediocrity<\/i>, which is simply not true. Moderation<\/i> helps with maintaining equilibrium while mediocrity<\/i> doesn\u2019t get you very far in university.\r\n\r\n
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That must be a student of interest. And I take credit for all these puns.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n\r\nThe reason I talk about being balanced is because of its centrality to student health and wellness. Student health and wellness are important because they affect every aspect of life, including the non-academic part.\r\n\r\nMy goal as the Health & Wellness blogger is to explore and experiment with different ways of staying healthy and well as a student. The point is, going to school doesn\u2019t have to be painful, and nor should it be.\r\n\r\nI finish this post then, with the World Health Organization\u2019s definition <\/a>of \u201chealth\u201d and the National Wellness Institute\u2019s definition<\/a> of \u201cwellness\u201d. These definitions correspond with my personal definitions of these concepts.\r\n\r\nHealth:<\/strong>\r\n
a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.1<\/sup><\/a><\/blockquote>\r\nWellness:<\/strong>\r\n
Wellness is an active process through which people become aware of, and make choices toward, a more successful existence.2<\/sup><\/a><\/blockquote>\r\nWhat is your definition of health and wellness? How do they differ from mine?\r\n\r\nCheers,\r\n\r\nGloria","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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