{"id":36437,"date":"2018-11-08T07:56:29","date_gmt":"2018-11-08T12:56:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/lifeatuoft\/?p=36437"},"modified":"2018-11-08T07:56:29","modified_gmt":"2018-11-08T12:56:29","slug":"take-it-easy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/lifeatuoft\/2018\/11\/08\/take-it-easy\/","title":{"rendered":"Take it easy"},"content":{"rendered":"<a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/lifeatuoft\/files\/2018\/11\/you-need-to-relax.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-36443\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/lifeatuoft\/files\/2018\/11\/you-need-to-relax.gif\" alt=\"GIP: &quot;you need to relax&quot;\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><\/a>\r\n\r\nIt's reading week but I don't know how to relax. I'm still in full school mode, waking up on time for class.\r\n\r\nSchool puts me in a super-active state of mind. I have to keep on doing things, and there's always something to do. While I still have assignments due next week, I need to learn to take a breath.\r\n\r\nI'm finding it difficult to unwind and forget about all the homework I still have to do. My previous method of relaxing - frantically finishing all my homework and assignments before taking a breather - is not longer feasible in university. The work never really ends, which is fine because that's what I signed up for.\r\n\r\nIn the spirit of taking a break, I'm sharing my experiences attempting to relax and what I've been up to:\r\n<ol>\r\n \t<li>Going for a swim: I tried dipping my toes in the water to forget about my messy school life. It didn't work because I had my phone and kept checking Quercus for grades. Sad.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Going for a run: surely it's more difficult to check my phone when I'm running, right? This method kind of worked - it was imperfect because I needed to stop to cool down and inevitably began logging onto Quercus again.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Going shopping at Nordstrom: this is fun. I love wasting money when I'm bored - it makes me\u00a0<em>feel<\/em> like I'm being productive, and that's all that matters.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Sitting in the library: I have my books in front of me. All this information that I have to learn - fast. I'm hoping this paper will write itself because I just spent a third of my time staring out into space.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Sitting at home: I have my books in front of me. I could be at the library doing this. At least then I would have the facade of being studious.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Catching up with friends: I'm trying. It's tough because a lot of them flew off to New York or London.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Cleaning: anything to procrastinate. I will cook a three course meal before I start on doing things that are more pertinent.<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\nAs you can see, I can't come up with things to decompress and relax. Maybe I'll have better luck in the next few days. What have you been doing this reading week?","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry-summary\">\n<div class=\"entry-summary\">\nIt's reading week but I don't know how to relax. I'm still in full school mode, waking up on time for class. School puts me in a super-active state of mind. I have to keep on doing things, and there's&hellip;\n<\/div><div class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/lifeatuoft\/2018\/11\/08\/take-it-easy\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &ldquo;Take it easy&rdquo;<\/span>&hellip;<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><div class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/lifeatuoft\/2018\/11\/08\/take-it-easy\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &ldquo;Take it easy&rdquo;<\/span>&hellip;<\/a><\/div>","protected":false},"author":353,"featured_media":36443,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1758,7204,62,1,66,82],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/lifeatuoft\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36437"}],"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\/353"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/lifeatuoft\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36437"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/lifeatuoft\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36437\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":36446,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/lifeatuoft\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36437\/revisions\/36446"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/lifeatuoft\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/36443"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/lifeatuoft\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36437"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/lifeatuoft\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36437"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/lifeatuoft\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36437"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}