If you are one of the millions of people to have made a news years resolution, you may already be struggling to keep it. According to polls and surveys, approximately 80% of people have ‘failed’ […]
New Year, Studious Me
With February upon us, most of us have admitted defeat when it comes to New Year’s resolutions. Year in, year out, in an attempt to reinvent our future selves, millions of us declare 1st January […]
The power of now
Megan talks about the importance of ‘now’ and how making the most of the present can unlock potential and opportunities. “I’ll do it later”, “I’m busy doing something else”, or “I’m too tired”: a small […]
Mind Yourself: songs to cure the new year blues
Martha discusses University of Leeds’ Wellbeing Festival, and talks us through our student wellbeing playlist. A new term is starting at Leeds University. This means the start of new modules, perhaps joining new societies and meeting […]
Motivation (the lack of)
My continuous mantra is as follows: Now, at 3pm, having done nothing but exist pointlessly all day, is not the moment to start work. After several pre-essay weeks of this it’s begun to occur to […]