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Addicted to sentimentality
![Pink box full of personal mementos](/student/wellbeing/sites/default/files/styles/ua_landscape/public/media/images/2022-07/pexels-freestocksorg-172756.jpg?h=c4dd2c7b&itok=Ykl2Wa_e)
While I pack endless boxes before moving away, I'm forced to decide if the emotional value of every tiny little thing I own is really worth as much as I think it is.
Asking for help
![A foggy landscape with a long, black road stretching far in the distance.](/student/wellbeing/sites/default/files/styles/ua_landscape/public/media/images/2022-07/pexels-tiana-614484.jpg?h=c4dd2c7b&itok=ZUNYYj8H)
I had my first appointment with a psychologist in six years. Even after the mere hour, I left the building with a whole new perspective I could have never imagined for myself.
Grief for a stranger
![Girl with head in her hands looking at laptop screen](/student/wellbeing/sites/default/files/styles/ua_landscape/public/media/images/2022-07/pexels-andrea-piacquadio-3755755.jpg?h=c4dd2c7b&itok=hcdYdaFp)
This past month, a popular YouTuber passed away. Even though we were total strangers, the grief feels like I've lost someone very close to me.
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.
A trip to Swan Valley
![A barn.](/student/wellbeing/sites/default/files/styles/ua_landscape/public/media/images/2022-07/frances-gunn-qcbaz7vrehq-unsplash.jpg?h=c4dd2c7b&itok=PEe1_dLG)
There’s something so rewarding about driving through a small country town after spending 30 minutes on the highway.
Combatting demotivation
![Young man in a green jumper on a leather couch using a remote controller](/student/wellbeing/sites/default/files/styles/ua_landscape/public/media/images/2022-07/pexels-cottonbro-4114908.jpg?h=c4dd2c7b&itok=F2H4zSM2)
How do you shake that horridly sluggish feeling of not wanting to do what you set out to do?
Adventure is out there
![A set of keys in the lock of an open door](/student/wellbeing/sites/default/files/styles/ua_landscape/public/media/images/2022-07/pexels-photomix-company-101808.jpg?h=c4dd2c7b&itok=PO78OodJ)
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.