What Messes with Your Head
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Distracting yourself
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Do you ever find yourself avoiding reality? It could be mindlessly scrolling on your phone, bingeing a Netflix show or simply staring into space.
Physical (season 1): review
After a long recovery from finishing the last season of How I Met Your Mother and deciding not to watch it all over again, mum and I settled on a new Apple TV show called Physical (2021).
Donating blood
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I few weeks ago I donated blood for the first time. I was encouraged to do so by a Tri-Society Blood Drive (University of Adelaide Medicine, Engineering and Law Society). Donating blood had never been at the forefront of my mind until recently.
Having short showers
![A shower head](/student/wellbeing/sites/default/files/styles/ua_landscape/public/media/images/2021-10/shower-g5cf8b6c5e_1920.jpg?h=2a668c17&itok=-Sc4XEM5)
Hot showers are the best! They are relaxing, comforting and a way I can have my own escape. Unfortunately, I have found that I can overdo a long hot shower.
Have I taken on too much recently?
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This year has been the biggest and busiest year of my entire life. I have honestly never had so much going on at once, and I'm scared that maybe I've taken on a bit too much that I initially thought I could handle.