Getting many things right in life depends on balance. And to get through your student experience and enjoy it as much as possible, there’s no reason why aiming for this balance now is a bad thing. Here are some tips and ideas to help all students to try and get the right balance from week to week, to make their time more healthy, less stressful, and more fun.
Staying Fit
Exercise may not be so appealing
to everyone, but there are plenty of ways to make it fun. Simply playing a bit
of football with mates for example is a good way to stay in shape. Exercise also doesn’t have to be excessively strenuous either; the fact that going for a
walk is one way of keeping fit demonstrates this. What does need to be
remembered though is that whatever exercise you do needs to be regular and of a
substantial amount.
Healthy Diet
Maybe you won’t want to hear it
but eating and drinking healthily really needs to be taken seriously. While
it’s easy and fun to have a lot of takeaways or eat the most tempting thing
from supermarkets, having a balanced diet and limiting your intake of food and
drink that doesn’t help your body is very important. What’s great though is
once you start to make the effort to do this, you should start noticing that
you feel better as well.
Socialising
Socialising offers us some
benefits and is very positive for our mental health. And although to some the
idea of student living and socialising go hand-in-hand, it is easy sometimes to
become isolated from people without meaning to. Doing what you can then to keep
in contact and build friendships with fellow students is highly worthwhile and
should make your university experience more enjoyable also.
Fun and Relaxation
Ultimately, this is your journey
and you need to enjoy it or feel as though it is worthwhile to you as a person.
Therefore using the free time you have to relax and have fun is something that
shouldn’t be overlooked, especially as it can also help to improve your levels
of achievement in other areas of the university. Whether you want to pursue
your hobbies, play sports or go out with friends, spending your free time in a
relaxing and enjoyable fashion is a sure way to improve yourself and your uni’
experience all-round.
Mindfulness
This is something you will
probably be highly aware of through the media, as it affects all of us. And for
students, mindfulness is just as relevant as it is for anyone else. With the
pressures that come with exams and assignments, it’s especially important to
pay attention to your mental health. You may already have some idea of what is
good for your mental well-being, but it’s a good idea to find out more from the
NHS and other sources, and if you’re struggling, seek help from a doctor.
Moderate Spending and
Budgeting
A part of getting your student
life in balance is getting your finances in balance. While it’s not a
particularly enjoyable thing to do, sorting out your finances and trying to
budget is worth doing. In the long run, doing this will help you stay more
relaxed about money coming in and going out, and may help avoid money being
spent wastefully.
Organising Your Work
As a student, studying is
arguably the priority of everything you do during your time at university. If
however, you find the workload a little overwhelming, then organising how you
tackle it may be a useful strategy. By employing some kind of schedule or plan
and giving yourself some guidance when you are struggling to focus on work when
you need to, you may get more done and with less stress. By getting a little
more organised you might find that rushing, panicking to complete assignments
or a slow, tiring slog when working at the wrong time might become a thing of
the past.
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