Rest is Productive
what burnout looks like at the end of semester By week 11, most of us are running on fumes. Timetables are colour coded, library seats are prime real estate, and the finish line is close enough to see but still somehow far away. Burnout at uni doesn't always look dramatic. It's reading the same paragraph four times. It's opening your laptop and closing it again. It's feeling nothing about a subject you used to actually like. It's being tired in a way that sleep doesn't fix. I
Oct 203 min read
A Method To Madness
— some tips & tricks to catch up with uni Here’s the thing: getting organised and staying on top of it isn’t exactly difficult. It takes discipline, consistency and most importantly, a system that works for you. With university deadlines and commitments, work shifts, social plans and everything else life throws at you, the only advice I have is to PLAN. The stress comes from not knowing how to start and cross out those million tasks you have. So, to cut to the chase immed
Oct 155 min read
Can We Do Things Just for Fun Anymore?
So when did everything become something we have to be good at? Reading is now something to aim for on Goodreads. Exercise turns into a fitness target, travelling becomes a checklist of places to visit and even resting has to be done properly. At some point the things we used to do just because we had enjoyed them started to become a means by which we assessed ourselves; hobbies, which had originally been a way of getting away from reality, are now beginning to resemble the li
Oct 103 min read
LinkedIn Before You Have Anything to Put On It
Do you ever just open LinkedIn and see someone’s “excited to announce” post and close the app feeling like you are behind? That specific feeling of dread you feel is one of the quieter pressures of uni life, and there is no one out there to explain to you what to do about it. Everyone says to build your personal brand. Nobody says what to build it with when you’ve got no internship, no job title and nothing that is announcement worthy. Call this the LinkedIn gap: the space
Sep 233 min read
Balancing Ambition and Contentment: A Uni Student's Guide
Do you feel the pressure of falling behind? Or guilty for not living your uni life to the fullest? That constant switch, guilty for not doing enough, guilty for not living enough, is one of the most common feelings in university life, and almost nobody talks about it directly. It shows up as a quiet static of unease no matter what you're doing. Out with friends, part of you is thinking about the deadline. Buried in readings, part of you is thinking about the friends. This is
Sep 164 min read
the allure of the niche
— how we're performing, but don't want it to be obvious something is intriguing about subtlety. how it, so quietly and smoothly, passes us by. it doesn’t demand attention; it attracts it. but how does subtlety manifest in consumer choices? enter — the niche subtlety can be translated into being niche. consumers now want the unapparent, slightly inaccessible goods. the synergy between the two writes new characters and aesthetics. we (consumers) want it to seem like we just
Sep 103 min read
You’re not buying the product, you’re buying the feeling
You aren’t just buying those $130 Abrand jeans, you’re buying into the version that owns them. The “rich”, “clean and put-together” girl who is effortless with her outfits. These jeans are just the receipt for the transaction that was emotional and psychological. Then vs. Now: A Brief History of Buying an Identity This isn’t a new thing. Mall culture back in the 2000s ran the same logic. You weren’t just buying Abercrombie; you were buying into that group that shopped there.
Sep 56 min read
