motivation

Finding your motivation to get through this exam period

October 24 2024

Exams can be intense and draining, but finding the right mindset and motivation to get through them is key.

Semester reboot

July 25 2024

Alas, where have the holidays gone? Oh, how I long for thee!

Flipping the script: how changing your reaction can change everything

May 06 2024

Life throws challenges that can really shake our confidence or get us down. This University Mental Health Day, our focus is all about flipping the script.

Just a little treat

June 28 2023

Why you should treat yourself.

Harnessing confidence for the thesis

June 06 2023

I’m in the countdown phase now – not quite close enough to see the light at the end of the tunnel, but the adrenaline is certainly pumping, and the fear and unease is palpable. This has to be over soon. I’ve finished all the empirical studies and now it’s tying it all together into the thesis.

Mid-exam season motivation

November 16 2022

One exam down, and only the rest to go!

Asking for help

August 31 2022

I had my first appointment with a psychologist in six years. Even after the mere hour, I left the building with a whole new perspective I could have never imagined for myself.

Combatting demotivation

August 11 2022

How do you shake that horridly sluggish feeling of not wanting to do what you set out to do?

A dose of moderna

October 13 2021

I have officially had my first dose of Spikevax (Moderna). Yay! Getting vaccinated is another to-do item I have had to tick off my list and it was certainly weighing me down.

Celebrating the little things

August 30 2021

Why did we ever make it a thing to exclusively hold celebrations for major successes or milestones in our lives?