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Help, I’m procrastinating

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Winter is here and for some reason, it’s so tempting to retreat into hibernation season.

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Reasons to love winter

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As much as I tell myself how I absolutely detest the cold and will always prefer a scorching summer's day, there's a handful of perks that come with the rainy season that I like to remind myself of when the wet weather gets me down.

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Facing my grades

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I got one of my final essays back this week. It was… surprising, to say the least.

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Un-numbing

This week I realized that I can’t do my dishes or sort my laundry without listening to a podcast or a recorded webinar.

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A trip to Swan Valley

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There’s something so rewarding about driving through a small country town after spending 30 minutes on the highway.

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Combatting demotivation

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

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New semester, new problems

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When I first started at uni, the start of a new semester was exciting. But now, I find myself associating it with stress.

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Adventure is out there

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I spend my last day in Adelaide in the student hub of the university with my favourite soy matcha latte, wondering what's next for me.

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Making friends as an international student

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With another round of the semester coming up, it’s that time of the year again to summon our best social-selves and get acquainted with our new classmates.

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Brunch club

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I don’t know about you, but I have this tendency of going into a kind of hibernation during winter. It’s not a hibernation where I spend the winter sleeping (I wish) but instead a kind of unconscious retreating. In the past I’ve noticed that this period is spent doing more deep thinking and reflective work. Maybe it’s the longer nights and the chilly weather which controls this. 

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