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Practicing some self-care
I have recently been trying really hard to practice self-care for my skin, teeth, and sleep routine.
Swimming with the cuttlefish
Usually from late May or early June, cuttlefish season is just around the corner and, I am really eager to see these beautiful creatures. 听
Shall we have a cuppa?
I am obsessed with tea! I鈥檝e never really been into coffee, much to mum鈥檚 dismay and surprise to literally everyone I meet, but alas, that鈥檚 just the way it is with us tea lovers. It all started on my Year 12 Retreat four years ago, and has only expanded since then with trying new and delicious tea's from one of my favourite shops, T2! There are so many health benefits to drinking tea, read this blog to find out more!听
Oscars 2021: Sound of Metal review
Sound of Metal, the Oscar-nominated film directed and co-written by Darius Marder, stars Riz Ahmed as Ruben Stone, a drummer and recovering addict whose life is thrown into disarray by the sudden onset of deafness.
Recent driving revelations
Driving can be a lot of fun. It opens up a lot of doors for travel and freedom. This being said, it can also be really dangerous. Here are some of my lessons that I am learning whilst on the road. 听
Why we need to ditch diet culture
Our obsession with dieting and weight loss has been ongoing for more than 150 years.听Now, there is a new kind of movement听emerging: the听anti-diet.听
Semester break and back again
The year is chugging along, and semester break has come and gone. Here are a few things I do to stay relaxed and feel recharged for the second half of semester.
I need to read more
Do you ever find it hard to find the time to sink your teeth into a great book instead of an academic essay?
Group work woes
Urgh! Group work! As always there is at least one group assignment during the semester. This is how I am taking it on.
Ph.D. students: they call us dreamers, but we鈥檙e the ones who don鈥檛 sleep
Trouble sleeping? Maybe we鈥檝e procrastinated for too long and it鈥檚 catching up with us and so we have to burn the midnight oil and make a sprint of our writing. Maybe we鈥檝e been going through some emotional hurdles during lockdown and have been finding it difficult to sleep. Maybe you鈥檝e taken some time out of your usual writing schedule to help a friend out. Maybe the imposter syndrome has gotten a strong grip on us and we鈥檙e feeling stuck with our writing.
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