{"id":22444,"date":"2014-11-26T10:53:17","date_gmt":"2014-11-26T15:53:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/lifeatuoft\/?p=22444"},"modified":"2014-11-26T10:53:17","modified_gmt":"2014-11-26T15:53:17","slug":"winter-is-coming-oh-wait","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/lifeatuoft\/2014\/11\/26\/winter-is-coming-oh-wait\/","title":{"rendered":"Winter is coming… Oh Wait"},"content":{"rendered":"Unless you haven\u2019t looked out a window and\/or been outside in the last 3 days, you may have noticed that winter is here. As exams descend upon us, and winter freezes everything in it\u2019s path, including my morale, motivation and productivity, it\u2019s easy to justify spending countless hours on the computer, doing assignments or completing tasks for student groups. For me, especially in the winter months, even leisure time starts being spent on the computer, watching movies, TV shows, or pinning DIYs on Pinterest (don't judge me).\r\n\r\n
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See that? That's misery summed up in a photo.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n\r\nMy responsibilities from school, work and clubs require me to stay fairly connected for most of the week. Staying connected is not a bad thing, but constantly spending time in front of a computer screen or on my phone screen can be exhausting.\r\n\r\nStudies have shown correlations between increased time in front of a screen (television, computer, and video games) and unhealthy outcomes. It could lead to trouble sleeping, attention problems<\/a>, vision problems<\/a> or even unhealthy eating habits.<\/a>\r\n\r\nI could go on about the health effects of too much screen time, but alas friends, this is not Dr. Api, Web M.D.\u00a0 The truth is, everyone\u2019s different and it could affect them differently.\r\n\r\nThe way I see it,\u00a0\u00a0at a time in my life when I have to spend most of my day in front of a screen, I want to try to make use of my free time and find other things to do. I want to develop \u00a0healthy habits that I can use in the future because I\u2019m inevitably going to be spending time on the computer for a lot of different things.\r\n\r\nThis is why the U of T Healthy U Crew is having an UnPlug Fest on November 28th<\/sup> in the Bahen Center! They\u2019re going to have different activities and strategies to do in place of being on the computer or on the phone.\r\n\r\n\"poster\"<\/a>\r\n\r\nIf you\u2019re thinking that this is just another event that tries to get you physically active, then don\u2019t worry. There are not just movement breaks, but also a chance to do other activities such as origami, board games, writing and more. And if that\u2019s not enough to get you off the screen, there are also free snow cones!\r\n\r\nIf none of that is enough to stop by the Bahen Center between 12-4 next week for a well-deserved study break, then let it be known that I\u2019ll be there hanging out too! (I won\u2019t be signing autographs though).\r\n\r\nFind a way to enjoy that winter \"wonderland!\"\r\n\r\n\"Photo<\/a>\r\n\r\nSo tell me U of T, what do you do to stay off the screens?","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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