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Weekend wanders
![A woman kayaking along a river.](/student/wellbeing/sites/default/files/styles/ua_landscape/public/media/images/2022-05/filip-mroz-zk049ofp4ui-unsplash.jpg?h=c4dd2c7b&itok=p6OB6B0x)
A guide of things to do on the weekends when you don’t know what to do.
Electoral bombardment
![A man standing in front of a blackboard with the word stress in chalk everywhere including across their face.](/student/wellbeing/sites/default/files/styles/ua_landscape/public/media/images/2022-05/stress-3853148_1920.jpg?h=48f40d0b&itok=aO3_t4S3)
Flicking on the TV or scrolling through Facebook lately has been giving me an election information-overload headache.
Unmasking
![Young woman wearing a white medical mask](/student/wellbeing/sites/default/files/styles/ua_landscape/public/media/images/2022-04/pexels-anna-shvets-3902881.jpg?h=c4dd2c7b&itok=LKvd33mx)
In the name of safety and protecting those around me from COVID-19, I readily accepted the mask mandates in 2020 and have gotten pretty comfortable with them since. But maybe… a little too comfortable?
Graduation speeches
![view from below of 6 students in graduation gowns holding their fingers in v signs together in a group](/student/wellbeing/sites/default/files/styles/ua_landscape/public/media/images/2022-05/group-6209550_1920.jpg?h=e5aec6c8&itok=pLsA0K6F)
I do love autumn graduations. What I’d love more is to one day be graduating myself!
Everyday social anxiety
![Person sitting having their hair curled by a hairdresser, image of back of head](/student/wellbeing/sites/default/files/styles/ua_landscape/public/media/images/2022-05/hair-5473078_1920.jpg?h=3022d0cd&itok=s6JP1DNG)
My social anxiety can heighten when I am least expecting it.
Background noise
![A radio](/student/wellbeing/sites/default/files/styles/ua_landscape/public/media/images/2022-05/radio-cassette-g6a43eace2_1280.png?h=2b551718&itok=En7-uv8o)
Background noise is a great way that I de-stress. My favourite form of background noise... the Food Network!
The tricky ticks of time
![A tortoise in a field of grass with small white daisies](/student/wellbeing/sites/default/files/styles/ua_landscape/public/media/images/2022-04/pexels-jeshoots-4956_0.jpg?h=c4dd2c7b&itok=1BVNP0WG)
Something I've noticed the last few weeks is the malleability of time and how easily it changes with my headspace. It almost feels magical.
Magic of a bookstore
![Image of a stack of books, with more piles on a shelf behind them](/student/wellbeing/sites/default/files/styles/ua_landscape/public/media/images/2022-04/library-g9c6afc78c_1280.jpg?h=bb3b5ec2&itok=P_rVhmoB)
I haven't been to a bookstore all year due to the pandemic and I forgot how much happiness it brings me.
Post-Earth Day thoughts
![Earth in space](/student/wellbeing/sites/default/files/styles/ua_landscape/public/media/images/2022-04/world-g7089c8845_1920.jpg?h=cee7880a&itok=Mzb_65FG)
Another Earth Day has come and gone and it has got me thinking, do I prioritise the environment as much as I used to?