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Getting the job
This week, I got offered a job at the place I have been volunteering and interning at for the past few weeks and I am ecstatic.
Walking with purpose
![woman walking](/student/wellbeing/sites/default/files/styles/ua_landscape/public/media/images/2021-10/woman-gd2b44761f_1920.jpg?h=e5aec6c8&itok=a9uRKbXT)
My morning walk to university has always seemed to be one full of purpose but lately I have been wondering just how much I am missing out on when I don’t slow down.
Puppy envy
![A brown and white cocker spaniel making puppy eyes](/student/wellbeing/sites/default/files/styles/ua_landscape/public/media/images/2021-10/cocker-spaniel-2785074_1920.jpg?h=e5aec6c8&itok=mG38_pUt)
One of my university friends adopted a puppy this week and its left me feeling some serious puppy envy!
Tea time!
Lately, I have been getting into drinking tea in the evenings and it has really left me with an appreciation for the tradition.
Nostalgia: Getting back into the 2010s
![A young woman with dark hair wearing light pink headphones and a striped white and pink shirt on a deep pink background](/student/wellbeing/sites/default/files/styles/ua_landscape/public/media/images/2021-10/girl-1990347_1920.jpg?h=22f3c13e&itok=jXRvy-qQ)
Cleaning out some of my stuff today I found an old So Fresh CD that took me back down memory lane.
Breakfast club is the best
![Breakfast cereal](/student/wellbeing/sites/default/files/styles/ua_landscape/public/media/images/2021-10/cereal-gb7f5826f9_1920.jpg?h=e5aec6c8&itok=mnNiw_dE)
If you haven't been to breakfast club in the old uni bar, you are missing out!
Distracting yourself
![Person with phone and laptop](/student/wellbeing/sites/default/files/styles/ua_landscape/public/media/images/2020-01/office-620822_1280.jpg?h=eed8f32f&itok=VBljqYqC)
Do you ever find yourself avoiding reality? It could be mindlessly scrolling on your phone, bingeing a Netflix show or simply staring into space.
Embracing being bad at things
![A set of watercolours, paintbrushes and a notebook on a wooden desk.](/student/wellbeing/sites/default/files/styles/ua_landscape/public/media/images/2021-10/art-gd510ec595_1920_1.jpg?h=9d6e018e&itok=WQGBNTIt)
As something of a perfectionist I have always struggled with feeling ok about trying out new things and being...well, bad.
Pressures of gift shopping
![A guineapig wearing a party hat, with a cupcake and a present and confetti](/student/wellbeing/sites/default/files/styles/ua_landscape/public/media/images/2021-10/guinea-pig-1969698_1920.jpg?h=af15c34f&itok=Cf92mbmn)
Coming from a family of seven, I am pretty used to the concept of birthdays happening around once a month but despite this I still find myself wasting HOURS trying to figure out what to get my siblings.