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My first concert experience
![Concert signboard at Adelaide Entertainment Centre](/student/wellbeing/sites/default/files/styles/ua_landscape/public/media/images/2023-03/img_0516.jpg?h=c4dd2c7b&itok=rNoZFqqG)
How delightful it was that my first concert experience happened to be of an artist whose songs soundtracked my teenhood?
Your kind of creativity
![Woman wearing yellow beanie, glasses and t-shirt](/student/wellbeing/sites/default/files/styles/ua_landscape/public/media/images/2023-03/yellowwoman.jpg?h=c4dd2c7b&itok=ZAImfGhQ)
Most artists would love an audience. But it’s all too easy to fall into the trap of putting audience before our art. This is not always the wrong choice, but it is a choice that we need to consciously make.
Two types of friends
![Two women looking at a sunset.](/student/wellbeing/sites/default/files/styles/ua_landscape/public/media/images/2023-03/girlfriends-g6c34dac13_1280.jpg?h=1c9b88c9&itok=6HHX9iSz)
A conversation with a group of people made me consider two particular type of friends.
New rituals
I’m usually pretty good about my social media consumption, but lately, I’m finding that it’s using up valuable time and head space. On top of setting social media on to silent apart from a certain time during the day, I am also trying to swap scrolling time into something that I’d feel is rewarding, but also calming and intentional.
I accidentally deleted my project
![Silhouette of person watching a huge bonfire in front of them](/student/wellbeing/sites/default/files/styles/ua_landscape/public/media/images/2023-03/adam-wilson-wckzi8ndkw8-unsplash.jpg?h=c4dd2c7b&itok=nW9hct3g)
“Just clear out your Downloads folder,” my brain advised me. “You would never leave something important stored in there.”
Beware of the burnout
![Girl chewing pencil on laptop](/student/wellbeing/sites/default/files/styles/ua_landscape/public/media/images/2021-10/laptop-gc54bb69bd_1920.jpg?h=e5aec6c8&itok=zU0JPmff)
Anticipating major burnout before even experiencing it can be concerning.
Incorporating movement into my daily routine
![Woman walking in a park.](/student/wellbeing/sites/default/files/styles/ua_landscape/public/media/images/2023-04/emma-simpson-mngaalewep0-unsplash.jpg?h=c4dd2c7b&itok=gbh1elu6)
In conjunction with Health Week, I share how I keep myself moving throughout my busy university schedule.
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Solo date to the movies
![A cinema.](/student/wellbeing/sites/default/files/styles/ua_landscape/public/media/images/2023-02/myke-simon-atsuqim3wxo-unsplash.jpg?h=c4dd2c7b&itok=IiB1Tnu_)
Nothing like a warm day spent at the cinema.
Free things to do while you wait for your next class
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I have this thing where I vow to cut down on my screentime every time my phone sends me a shameful weekly report of my screentime average, but I always end up failing to make any improvements.
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Why we care so much about likes
![Instagram likes light.](/student/wellbeing/sites/default/files/styles/ua_landscape/public/media/images/2023-03/prateek-katyal-xv7-glvblfw-unsplash.jpg?h=c4dd2c7b&itok=82TJeTea)
I’ve been doing that thing again, posting a picture or video on social media and then obsessively checking my notifications for likes.