News: health and wellbeing
What do our routines say about us?
Routines can聽help form our sense of self. But what happens when our habits fail us? What聽happens when we fall out of our regular routine?
Podcasts you should be listening to in 2021
If, like me, you love podcasts,聽here are my picks for some of the best on offer.
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Things we don't have to do
Sometimes we forget that we don't actually have to do what everyone else is doing just because it's normal, or because it's been ingrained into our brains as a social norm since we were babies. To apologise for something, or to follow trends because social media said so, or hide your true self in fear of being judged. Of course,聽there are things in life that are obvious you should do, like I don't know, just at the very least be a聽decent person to others.聽 But a lot of people would be much happier if they were a tiny bit selfish every once in a while. It's good for you!聽Here's a list of things, we really don't have to do all the time.聽
Violence against women is a men's issue
It鈥檚 Safer Campus Community Week, and I'm聽wondering how we can hope to create a safe and respectful聽environment聽at a time when we are experiencing a global epidemic of violence against one of our most vulnerable groups: women.
The trouble with 'dreaming big'
As kids, we鈥檙e told to dream big. We鈥檙e told that if we put our minds to it, we can achieve anything. But has the emphasis on聽achieving our dreams helped us, or hindered us?
Lessons from My Octopus Teacher
To be honest, I only heard about this documentary through friends who were posting about how wonderful it was over social media. The title really piqued my interest, but it also made me wonder why so many of my friends were raving about an octopus documentary. I know that many of my friends are divers and marine ecologists, like myself, but would there be a lot to learn from an octopus?
Money and meaning
The final week of summer is upon us. Although I鈥檒l be missing the glory of summer days, it鈥檚 quite exciting that the university campus will be welcoming eager young minds into its halls again. It鈥檚 the start of a new academic year, we have new leadership with a new Vice-Chancellor at the helm, and there鈥檚 the promise of new beginnings which gives hope. There鈥檚 also Mad March and then looking forward to cooling nights, indulgent pasta, and winter.
Twenty twenty-one
My first piece this year and as much as I told myself I was not going to mention it, well here it is: another lockdown. Okay I鈥檝e said it, I don鈥檛 want to dwell on that for now. What I really want to ponder on is all of the things to look forward to this year, which will hopefully include the completion of a very good first full draft of my thesis! I know that this will probably be the toughest year in my candidature, but I am reminding myself that soon, the end will be in sight. In the meantime, I better set myself up with a good self-care routine.
Where we've been, where we're going
We鈥檝e almost reached the end of the year. I鈥檓 not where I thought I鈥檇 be;聽I suspect a lot of us aren鈥檛.
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