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  • 10 Steps To Refresh and Reboot Your Body

    Do you know those days where you just feel a bit ‘meh’? For some reason you just don’t feel 100% and it’s getting in the way of everything you’re trying to do. Well, here are 10 little steps you can take to feeling refreshed, rebooted and ready to tackle that to-do list once again: Take Read more

  • Cool Things I Did In November (Alternatively Titled: How To Escape)

    I know I said this in my last monthly post (read here) but it’s just been another weird month. I think with the end of the year approaching, workload picking up and the general state of the world (*cough* Trump) it’s understandable that a lot of us are feeling a bit shit right now. I’m, Read more

  • Mind Your Damn Business: A Discussion On Privacy by a Nosy Journalism Student

    I haven’t even started this post yet but I already know it’s going to have no structure and no clear point. Apologies. But this is a topic I really want to talk about and something that I’ve been thinking about recently for various different reasons. I am currently in my last year of a Journalism Read more

  • Things I’ve Been Loving: October

    October was a frigging long month wasn’t it? Unlike previous months, which seemed to fly by, I thought it would never end. Now winter is basically here, Christmas  is coming and we can all breathe a sigh of relief that this weird year is coming to a close. October was an odd month for me Read more

  • It’s Difficult #3: The Response

    (This is a follow up post. You can read the other parts here and here to get the gist of the story) As with most things in my life, I like to ask for other people’s opinions. This is either to prove to myself that I’m not alone or just because I’m a curious person and I Read more

  • It’s Difficult #2: Seeing The Problem

    (This is a follow up post. You can read the first part here to get the gist of the story) I didn’t think I had a problem. Although it was something that had crossed my mind in the past, I had always dismissed it as I wasn’t one of those people. I do use the internet Read more

  • It’s Difficult: Going 24 Hours Without The Internet

    Being set the challenge of going 24 hours without the internet doesn’t sound like a big deal, if you say it quickly. The idea of going one day without checking your Facebook or scrolling through Instagram sounds pretty easy. It even sounds kind of liberating, don’t you think? I certainly did anyway. In fact prior Read more

  • Four Simple Ways To Get Your Shit Together

    There’s nothing worse than feeling lost and stressed. The summer is basically over now and we’re all getting back into our normal routines; our workload’s are increasing and things are generally starting to pick up. In this time it is so easy to feel like things are getting on top of you and you’re starting Read more

  • Calling All Freshers: Freshers’ Week Essentials

    Many of you will no doubt be heading off to university very soon (or you may even be there now, you lucky thing!) and as you’re probably aware Freshers’ Week is one of the most important dates on your academic calendar. Especially in your first year. It’s your chance to settle into your new home, Read more

  • Calling All Freshers: Second Year Experience

    Okay, so the title of this ‘series’ doesn’t really go with this topic as when you’re in Freshers (that’s the first year of university) you couldn’t care less about what’s coming next. Still nonetheless I know hearing about other people’s experiences helped me get prepared and generally just calm my nerves about what was to Read more

  • May Goals

    It’s now the beginning of a new month so it’s time to set some new goals. I find that noting things down that I want to get done is a really effective way to ensure that it does happen and this time I’m being a bit more public about it. This way I have to Read more

  • A Guide to Taking Notes at University

    As we’re vastly approaching summer and the end of school years, I know there are many people both excited and anxious about heading to university in September. As a second year student I’ve learnt a few things about how university works and how to make it work for you. One of the issues many people Read more

  • How To: NOT Stress Out!

    It’s that time of year again. When the rest of the world is preparing for Christmas and all that madness, students everywhere are surrounded by deadlines and exam preparation. How are we to cope? First things first, get some sleep. If you’re stressing over something your sleep pattern will be effected. It’s just when you’re Read more

  • Freshers’ Week: Expectations v Reality

    Freshers’ Week is the most anticipated week of the whole year for students, regardless of whether it’s your first time around or not. But with that much hype, it’s only natural for some things to not work out as you first expected. Don’t get me wrong, Freshers’ Week can be a brilliant time. It’s when Read more

  • Calling All Freshers: This Is What They Don’t Tell You On Open Day!

    You Will Hate Everything At Some Point Your course, your flatmates, your university itself. Everything. But it’s okay. So much happens in such a short space of time that it takes a while for your mind to catch up. And as with all forms of change, normally, the default reaction is to hate it. But Read more

  • Goodbye First Year, Hello Blog!

    As my first year of university draws to a close and all the stress, anxiety and excitement floods in, I’ve finally pushed myself to write my first post. The idea of starting a blog has been something on my mind for a long time now but, like most things nowadays, has just stayed there. Other Read more