Become less, find peace
Today is National Simplicity Day. It stands as an invitation to let go of everything that does not serve you well, to become less, to rest in stillness.
Tag: wellbeing
The slow death of free time
“To hang out is an assertion that individuals should have the freedom, funds, and capacity to dictate their own experience. It’s time we treat this assertion as a defining political issue within higher education.” – James Coe
Read yourself calm
Maintaining a calm state of mind is important at all times for your continued wellbeing but the wicked state of the world means that often this is not at all easy. Happily, reading for pleasure for just six minutes a day has been found to have a profound impact on stress levels and general wellbeing.
9 study tips for surviving May
Welcome back after the Easter Break! It’s time for the final push of the academic year to get everything done. Getting the most from your time is vital to reaching June with a minimum of stress. With that in mind, here are my nine top tips for surviving and thriving in the run-up to deadlines and exams and beyond.
The Wellbeing Café is back!
The Wellbeing Cafe is back! Open to all students from 3.00-4.30 pm on Wednesdays until 31 May in the Careers & Employability Centre.
What lies beyond your own front door
Sometimes it is just nice to gaze out over the local landscape. If you’ve never been down to the boating lake, aka “swan lake” in Southsea, it is just a (fairly long) stroll along the seafront. Sometimes, an escape from the everyday is just a hop, step and a walk (or short bus ride) away.
Study smart, study well
As we start to approach the slow creep towards the end of the academic year and some people surface for the first time to realise just how much work there is still to do, I want to point back to a blog post I wrote a while ago that explores how to study sustainably and well.
Making your money go further
It’s National Student Money Week all week, and this year the focus is on helping you cope with the cost of living crisis. Look out for Student Finance around campus, running competitions, asking you for your best money-saving tips, and lots more.
Study well tips #5 – Eat, exercise, sleep, repeat
What you do outside of the classroom and the library can have almost as big an impact on your student experience as what you do inside. A regular, sustainable sleep schedule, healthy diet, plenty of water, and enough exercise all help keep you fighting fit and can help you both tackle and feel better about yourself, your studies, and everything else in life.
Study well tips #4 – Seven steps to finding your focus
Learning is part art, part science, and a large part perseverance but there are some well-known tips and tricks that can make it a lot easier. Here are seven of my favourites.
