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Let me recharge!
![A pile of coloured batteries.](/student/wellbeing/sites/default/files/styles/ua_landscape/public/media/images/2022-10/battery-g063589975_1280.jpg?h=bb3b5ec2&itok=DDZWAdgi)
I love seeing friends, I love talking to people, and for the most part, I love being social. But sometimes I need to sit back and charge my own battery.
It’s time to shop for spring
![A person in a busy shop looking at items on the shelf.](/student/wellbeing/sites/default/files/styles/ua_landscape/public/media/images/2022-09/girl-g8834a1433_1920.jpg?h=2a668c17&itok=HYwwHe0q)
Shopping for the new season is heaps of fun but it’s not so fun when you feel overwhelmed and distracted by the busyness.
Finding contentment in the digital age
![Girl looking out window](/student/wellbeing/sites/default/files/styles/ua_landscape/public/media/images/2022-09/rod-long-a8dzckk-sge-unsplash.jpg?h=c4dd2c7b&itok=urySAxJ3)
How can we ever feel content with what we have when the next best thing is constantly being shoved in our faces?
Is multi-tasking the height of productivity?
![A person sitting at a desk with a laptop and writing in a notebook.](/student/wellbeing/sites/default/files/styles/ua_landscape/public/media/images/2022-09/man-ga98c7c53f_1920.jpg?h=e5aec6c8&itok=_JuL1P3W)
Gone are my days of multi-tasking, it’s time to mono-task.
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Connection
![Someone sitting, looking sad with a large hand offering help](/student/wellbeing/sites/default/files/styles/ua_landscape/public/media/images/2022-09/istock-1340029915.jpg?h=cd67749a&itok=zUunDJ1z)
One stigma I easily associate with mental health is the one associated with seeing a counsellor.
Picnics at the park
![A picnic set-up.](/student/wellbeing/sites/default/files/styles/ua_landscape/public/media/images/2022-09/evangelina-silina-bzlumurdmwe-unsplash.jpg?h=c4dd2c7b&itok=MoqES-Ny)
During my first few weeks in Adelaide, I was amazed by this thing that the locals seem to do.
Getting better at gift giving
![A pink wrapped present.](/student/wellbeing/sites/default/files/styles/ua_landscape/public/media/images/2022-09/christmas-gef2526ab1_1280.jpg?h=1c9b88c9&itok=_yXDE4fm)
I love it when I find something that will be perfect for my friends or family. But how come when a birthday or Christmas comes around, I struggle?
Saying no
![friends walking on the beack](/student/wellbeing/sites/default/files/styles/ua_landscape/public/media/images/2021-10/beach-ga9275ad2d_1920.jpg?h=e5aec6c8&itok=4yIExK5M)
I’ve only recently watched the Friends Reunion. It’s a show I literally have seen so many times over they years but I never tire of.