{"id":27541,"date":"2016-02-18T09:22:20","date_gmt":"2016-02-18T14:22:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/lifeatuoft\/?p=27541"},"modified":"2016-02-17T15:38:06","modified_gmt":"2016-02-17T20:38:06","slug":"treat-yo-self-this-reading-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/lifeatuoft\/2016\/02\/18\/treat-yo-self-this-reading-week\/","title":{"rendered":"Treat Yo Self This Reading Week"},"content":{"rendered":"I don't know about you, but second semester has hit me hard. It feels like winter break was just yesterday, but in reality I'm\u00a0in the midst of midterm season. My reading week has turned into essay writing week, and I feel like I've spent more of my reading week stressing out than actually reading (or more importantly, writing).\r\n\r\n<figure style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/geekandsundry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Treat-Yo-Self.gif\" alt=\"man putting on a scarf, saying \" width=\"500\" height=\"220\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">source: http:\/\/geekandsundry.com\/celebrate-national-splurge-day-the-geek-way-because-treating-yo-selfs-important\/<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n\r\nIt was during one of these little fits of stress that Aziz Ansari's voice came into my head, whispering \"treat yo self\". Sure, I have a lot to get done this week, but\u00a0locking myself away in the hopes of getting things done definitely wasn't working. Never one to turn down Mr. Ansari, I decided to give myself a mini vacation, and head to heaven on earth, aka\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.ca\/url?sa=t&amp;rct=j&amp;q=&amp;esrc=s&amp;source=web&amp;cd=3&amp;cad=rja&amp;uact=8&amp;ved=0ahUKEwji0LCNy__KAhWpmIMKHbGIB5cQFggoMAI&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.totthecatcafe.com%2F&amp;usg=AFQjCNGRpn95o_VTrbgtK_ZwBheIQorSmA&amp;sig2=adzERcvbe1s2FP13VFEzZg\">TOT The Cat Cafe<\/a>.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/lifeatuoft\/files\/2016\/02\/DSC08835.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-27553\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/lifeatuoft\/files\/2016\/02\/DSC08835-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"sign reading &quot;tot the cat cafe&quot;\" width=\"584\" height=\"390\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/lifeatuoft\/files\/2016\/02\/DSC08835-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/lifeatuoft\/files\/2016\/02\/DSC08835-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/lifeatuoft\/files\/2016\/02\/DSC08835-450x300.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/lifeatuoft\/files\/2016\/02\/DSC08936.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-27558\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/lifeatuoft\/files\/2016\/02\/DSC08936-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"black and white cat lounging on a shelf\" width=\"584\" height=\"390\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/lifeatuoft\/files\/2016\/02\/DSC08936-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/lifeatuoft\/files\/2016\/02\/DSC08936-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/lifeatuoft\/files\/2016\/02\/DSC08936-450x300.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a>\r\n\r\nWhile travelling to the cat cafe my head was filled with the same anxiety I've been feeling all week, <em>\"you should be working right now\"<\/em>, <em>\"this is a waste of time\"<\/em>,<em> \"you only have four days until your essays are due\",\u00a0<\/em>but once I walked in the anxiety melted away.\r\n\r\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-27559\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/lifeatuoft\/files\/2016\/02\/DSC08959-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"calico cat laying by a window\" width=\"584\" height=\"390\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/lifeatuoft\/files\/2016\/02\/DSC08959-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/lifeatuoft\/files\/2016\/02\/DSC08959-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/lifeatuoft\/files\/2016\/02\/DSC08959-450x300.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/lifeatuoft\/files\/2016\/02\/DSC08989.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-27561\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/lifeatuoft\/files\/2016\/02\/DSC08989-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"calico cat by window\" width=\"584\" height=\"390\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/lifeatuoft\/files\/2016\/02\/DSC08989-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/lifeatuoft\/files\/2016\/02\/DSC08989-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/lifeatuoft\/files\/2016\/02\/DSC08989-450x300.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a>\r\n\r\nYes, that was\u00a0mostly because my cat loving brain went into overload, but making the decision to do something for myself felt <em>amazing<\/em>.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/lifeatuoft\/files\/2016\/02\/DSC08969-e1455739345118.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-27560\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/lifeatuoft\/files\/2016\/02\/DSC08969-e1455739345118-1024x778.jpg\" alt=\"two cats standing on a backpack\" width=\"584\" height=\"444\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/lifeatuoft\/files\/2016\/02\/DSC08969-e1455739345118-1024x778.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/lifeatuoft\/files\/2016\/02\/DSC08969-e1455739345118-300x228.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/lifeatuoft\/files\/2016\/02\/DSC08969-e1455739345118-395x300.jpg 395w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/lifeatuoft\/files\/2016\/02\/DSC08869-e1455739029181.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-27554 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/lifeatuoft\/files\/2016\/02\/DSC08869-e1455739029181-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"person in cat slippers playing with a tiny kitten\" width=\"584\" height=\"876\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/lifeatuoft\/files\/2016\/02\/DSC08869-e1455739029181-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/lifeatuoft\/files\/2016\/02\/DSC08869-e1455739029181-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nI haven't\u00a0given myself much downtime this semester, and instead of making me more productive, it's left me burnt out. I've been lacking balance in my life, and forcing myself to take time away from my work was\u00a0liberating.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/lifeatuoft\/files\/2016\/02\/DSC09000.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-27562 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/lifeatuoft\/files\/2016\/02\/DSC09000-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"ginger cat in a cat house\" width=\"584\" height=\"390\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/lifeatuoft\/files\/2016\/02\/DSC09000-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/lifeatuoft\/files\/2016\/02\/DSC09000-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/lifeatuoft\/files\/2016\/02\/DSC09000-450x300.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a>\r\n\r\nEven if you have a mountain of things to do this week, it's also important to give yourself a break and enjoy the little things in life. Like cats. Reading week is time to catch up, but catching up on your self-care is just as important as catching up on your readings.\r\n\r\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-27563 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/lifeatuoft\/files\/2016\/02\/DSC08907.gif\" alt=\"animated gif of a cat playing with a string toy\" width=\"450\" height=\"300\" \/>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry-summary\">\n<div class=\"entry-summary\">\nI don't know about you, but second semester has hit me hard. It feels like winter break was just yesterday, but in reality I'm\u00a0in the midst of midterm season. My reading week has turned into essay writing week, and I&hellip;\n<\/div><div class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/lifeatuoft\/2016\/02\/18\/treat-yo-self-this-reading-week\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &ldquo;Treat Yo Self This Reading Week&rdquo;<\/span>&hellip;<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><div class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/lifeatuoft\/2016\/02\/18\/treat-yo-self-this-reading-week\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &ldquo;Treat Yo Self This Reading Week&rdquo;<\/span>&hellip;<\/a><\/div>","protected":false},"author":254,"featured_media":27559,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7204,62,1,82],"tags":[15877,9561,15879,476,15878],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/lifeatuoft\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27541"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/lifeatuoft\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/lifeatuoft\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/lifeatuoft\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/254"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/lifeatuoft\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27541"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/lifeatuoft\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27541\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27565,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/lifeatuoft\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27541\/revisions\/27565"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/lifeatuoft\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27559"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/lifeatuoft\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27541"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/lifeatuoft\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27541"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/lifeatuoft\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27541"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}