Confessions of a University Student

In my last post, I mentioned that I wanted to better my well-being this year. Physical, mental and spiritual well-being. I didn't explicitly state my resolutions, but I did give you the gist of it.   "Meditation is a vital way to purify and quiet the mind, thus rejuvenating the body" - Deepak Chopra Some part of me has always been inherently spiritual. I was introduced to meditation when I was in the third grade. We had been given free time and one of my friends was sitting peacefully in the corner of the classroom, legs crossed and eyes closed. I sat down next to her and asked her what she was doing and she simply replied "meditating". She asked me if I wanted to join her and I did. Although that was years ago, when I think about what piqued my interest in meditation, that memory always comes up. Since then meditation was always an "on-again/off-again" habit of mine. I decided to take meditation more seriously last year when my anxiety w

"I expect nothing less than Gatsby level parties for the next decade" We did it! 😄🎓 Since my last post in November 2017, I have been busy. Second and third-year were filled with work, work and more work. I got to study courses that were more interesting to me, such as Genetics and Physiology. But as the workload intensified, the time for blogging became less until it was non-existent. One of the reasons I have returned is that keeping a blog was like keeping a journal. It enabled me to write about things I was interested in and became an outlet for my creativity. When I started my blog, I was in first year and living in a pretty toxic environment and my blog was a way to escape that place. In the middle of second year, I moved into my own place and out of the negative place I was in. I guess leaving that place meant I didn't need an escape and so my posting declined. As of December 2019, I have graduated from university with a Bachelor of Science. Gradu

What the heck happened to her? So I'm sure some of you have been wondering what happened to me over the last little while and before y'all panic (at the disco), I'll clue you in. So for the last two weeks I have had exams. Every year at this time, I wish I was a student at Hogwarts (Dumbledore be cancelling exams left, right and centre) but unfortunately that is not the case. Guess I'll just have to suck it up until I graduate. That being said, I wrote for two weeks. Exhausting as it was, it's not yet over as I am waiting for the marks. I had planned a post before the exams just to let you guys know about it, but I didn't have the time to post it. Due to exam pressure, I also wasn't able to answer any mail for my 'Sipping the Tea with Amberly' segment.  Speaking of my advice segment, I know the title seems suspicious but I really couldn't think of anything else that rhymed with my name when it was announced. That being said, if you

I’m sure that you’ve probably taken a stab or two at what this post is about. Over the past weekend, I suffered from a bout of stomach flu. Anyone who’s ever had it can just about understand how horrible I felt. That being said, I haven’t actually done any exercise this week. I’m still getting back into the swing of things, don’t judge me too heavily. After suffering from stomach flu, one gets this ‘lethargic’ phase (or at least I do) where I’m just too tired to anything, I even struggled to go to class this week and I’ve been coming home and sleeping in a furious attempt to grasp my energy pre-ailment. Like I explained last week Tuesday in my Motivational Tuesday post, having setbacks (in this case being sick) are often quite frustrating. But here’s the thing, have you ever thought the reason that you’re too sick is that you have over-exerted yourself and your body is struggling to cope? With the stomach flu, you catch it from someone and when you live in a house with 9 other student

Exactly how I feel at the moment Motivation is a fickle thing, it comes and goes in waves. Have you ever taken on a task, only to find that you just don't have the energy to finish it?  Well after months of tests and and studying, I woke up this morning with a revelation: enough is enough. My exams come up in two weeks and I know that I need to start studying, but I just can't find the will. And as the weather changes so too does my need to study. See here's the thing: success is not linear. There will be ups and downs, but you'll get there. Even if it's no as quickly as  So what would I recommend for the moment. For me, I'm just going to have to force myself to study, because no one else will force me to do it.  How do you find motivation to study at the end of the year? Image credits: https://i.pinimg.com/originals/5d/46/5a/5d465a5e54958784509087e06d9d4ff7.jpg https://www.quotemaster.org/images/1f/1f331d8954f081f65

Hi guys, so today I'm going to get really serious with you. Recently I experienced a really bad setback. Experiencing a set back really really sucks. You work really hard to get something, yet you miss it. And it sucks, it just sucks. So how do I deal with setbacks? Before I even start figuring out how I am going to get through it, I have a plethora of negative thoughts, which unfortunately is part of my nature, which I'm trying to work on. Unfortunately being a first year, everything is kind of thrown at you all at once. And when you face a setback as a first year, it all seems worse. Well I sit and cry for about an hour, then I snack on any junk food I can find and take a nap for at least an hour. Then I wake up and I feel slightly better, but I still have that sucky feeling. Ya know what I'm saying. S I get up, take a breath and workout, to try and blow off some steam. Take a shower, surround myself with people who love me and support me, then begin