Maintaining small life things throughout Uni can be tough; priorities shift and sometimes small important things become backed up until your personal admin snowballs. Have you updated your address since you moved? Did that tax return form ever get submitted? Was that assignment due tonight or next week? This is the crux of what we call ‘life admin’. I too struggled for a long time … Continue reading What the Heck is Life Admin?
Here you are again. You’ve procrastinated yourself into a massive hole, haven’t you? After all those promises you made yourself, you’re staring down the tracks at a fast approaching week 12 and you can’t seem to make your legs move. You have a few options here, but they all basically boil down into two: Stay under that torn, self-disgust stained blanket and google ice-cream delivery or, Get up and get … Continue reading Oops, I did it again (how to get back on top of your study)
It’s exam time!
[Cue Jaws theme, strobe lights, distant screaming]
What if I told you that stress can be good for you?
If you don’t have a driver’s license, live far away from campus or just want a cheaper (and cleaner) alternative to driving, public transport is a great service to take advantage of to get you to and from university safely. But late class times mean sometimes you need to catch public transport in the dark. Whilst public transport options generally have safety measures in place, … Continue reading How UON Security can help you navigate campus safely
If you don’t have a driver’s license, live far away from campus or just want a cheaper (and cleaner) alternative to driving, public transport is a great service to take advantage of to get you to and from university safely. But late class times mean sometimes you need to catch public transport in the dark. Whilst public transport options generally have safety measures in place, … Continue reading How to travel around campus safely after dark
It’s exam time! [Cue Jaws theme, strobe lights, distant screaming] Stress is the name of the game. Over in engineering they are trying to calculate it, the psych students are plowing into the subconscious trying to connect it to your mother, the humanities crew are arguing it’s just a social construct, while over in the visual arts precincts they’re just splattering paint everywhere and screaming. … Continue reading Stressed for success
Here you are again.
You’ve procrastinated yourself into a massive hole, haven’t you?
After all those promises you made yourself, you’re staring down the tracks at a fast-approaching exam and you can’t seem to make your legs move.
You have a few options here, but they all basically boil down into two:
Obviously, wallowing in your own misery is a seductive option but let’s choose to fight back against your worst self-destructive impulses and get to work, work, work, work, work…
Continue reading “Damage control: how to get back on top of your study”
