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The health value of good shoes
![Two runners running on rocky dirt track in forest.](/student/wellbeing/sites/default/files/styles/ua_landscape/public/media/images/2020-08/men-1245982_1280.jpg?h=eed8f32f&itok=2Z_LXfh9)
Only after having completely worn through my favourite set of shoes have I realised just how important they are for my physical and mental health.
Give me a break
![Person looking at the camera, laughing and leaning up against a wooden wall.](/student/wellbeing/sites/default/files/styles/ua_landscape/public/media/images/2022-04/boy-524512_1920.jpg?h=e5aec6c8&itok=9Zy2G4F-)
They say humour is good for creativity. Is that true?
Looking out for your eyes
![A close-up of an eye.](/student/wellbeing/sites/default/files/styles/ua_landscape/public/media/images/2022-04/v2osk-in4xvkhyaii-unsplash.jpg?h=c4dd2c7b&itok=eyPHnzRx)
How many of us actually take the time to care for our eyes?
Productive morning routine
![An image of a sheet with a sign reading 'GOOD MORNING', a bowl of fruit, a watch, a phone, and makeup brushes.](/student/wellbeing/sites/default/files/styles/ua_landscape/public/media/images/2022-04/morning-g86fdc8e07_1920-2.jpg?h=c4dd2c7b&itok=jun1qbMS)
There is a certain type of video that is always lurking on the YouTube home page. It is the infamous ‘morning routine’, a perfectly stylised video which glorifies waking up at an early hour to achieve peak productivity.
Letting go of stuff
![Boxes full of books](/student/wellbeing/sites/default/files/styles/ua_landscape/public/media/images/2022-04/cardboard-boxes-gc929f3058_1920.jpg?h=06f6671c&itok=HHjS5yO_)
As always, I am a collector of crap. Before I know it, I have shelves full of things that I barely use and items that have seen better days.
Grade fixation
![An image of woman in the dark drinking from a mug and using her laptop](/student/wellbeing/sites/default/files/styles/ua_landscape/public/media/images/2022-04/laptop-g6b0068149_1920.jpg?h=e5aec6c8&itok=dL7rfb6p)
As we enter the point of the semester where assessments are due, I have found myself experiencing my typical anxiety to obtain the best grades possible.
All things period related
![A blue butterfly pea flower](/student/wellbeing/sites/default/files/styles/ua_landscape/public/media/images/2022-04/flower-butterfly-peas-gf23727243_1920.jpg?h=955437ef&itok=qLXjfYie)
Some people have periods! Yes! Truly! Unfortunately, it is not something people really talk about often.
New food & a new perspective
![Thai desserts](/student/wellbeing/sites/default/files/styles/ua_landscape/public/media/images/2022-04/thai-g3a6ebaecd_1920.jpg?h=e5aec6c8&itok=qMwHRDpA)
Trying a steamed Thai pandan-coconut cake opened my mind up to new ways to make delicious desserts.
Glorifying the grind
![Many textbooks in the shape of a deep spiral](/student/wellbeing/sites/default/files/styles/ua_landscape/public/media/images/2022-04/pexels-pixabay-159751.jpg?h=c4dd2c7b&itok=H8q8h0ka)
We're about halfway through the first semester and I've been hearing competitions of who's getting the least amount of sleep start floating around campus.