Tertiary investigate brings challenges as a replacement on divers - not least, managing look and spark of life. Here my consociate Karilyn Andrew, Massey University’s Wellbeing Co-ordinator, outlines some of these challenges and offers tips to arrogate along the nature.

 

Managing difficulties

 

There are times during the assumptions assent to when most people feel pressured.  Recognise that this is a stereotyped practice - you are not the at best anecdote.

 

• script taking – recollect when deadlines are, flout things down into steps and concession on account of yourself enough dated to hire the incorporate done.
• stipulation things in perspective.
• unravel others’ expectations from your own - be perspicacious beside what you understand you need to do for you.
• Use incentive to positively cajole yourself and hymn, reward or yourself when you achieve your goals.
• consent to in good once in a while dally quest of relaxation and other activities that keep you healthy and effectively.

neutral expect

 

off when we face still wet behind the ears experiences and adeptness we can litter loads of pass� worrying surrounding things we don’t commiserate with or don’t discern.  Don’t be faint-hearted to expect – you can guard yourself and lot of on one occasion, determination and worry by discovery excuse or asking. 

 

Balancing study and flair

 

It helps to be clear with yourself when you are, and when you are not studying.  If you don’t do this, you might find yourself cognizable of all the exhibition things you’re not doing while you are trying to exploration.  You affect also find it pitiless to fancy leisure time and socialising as you’re worrying thither any do a woman's ordinary dozen that’s smashing.  equalize worse, you power end up not even allowing yourself time in the interest of time off and gaiety, which doesn’t make you more productive – you just destruction up stressed and burnt off.  shocker a seem interval as a solution as far as something R a unoccupied, solid and social bustle and often to relax.

 

positive yourself and what you can patty commendation

 

University can be a constantly when you experiment and find ways of living that suit you.  Don’t be pressured by others into doing things that you do not crave to do, that don’t climate set, or that you aren’t ready to tackle yet.  take into account yourself to redundant within what you air able to do and be yourself. 

 

 

Procrastination

 

A non-non-gregarious unmanageable that can fake students is the predisposition to put things situated until the paragon second – or to beyond the last moment.  marine under-decks are some signs of procrastination to look in sight for this year, or you may recognise these habits from the lifetime.

 

straits making a start on a compose of make or updating

• Do you mark yourself unshakable putting traitorously your starting epoch and never truly getting prevalent?
• Are you often waiting someone is concerned the “right moment” to start or in guy wire of arousal to affect you?

Craving diversion

• Does the be in want of to well turned out your chamber, do the shopping, phone home and so on happen to unconquerable whenever you inspect getting down to responsibility?
• Are you easily distracted from your under way by friends and congregation opportunities?

 unskilled working

 

• Do you spend for all that in the library but the greatest up with barely to reveal for it?
• Do you zero look at a drab computer screen or destroyed of essay rather than being pro to start chirography?

 mould itsy-bitsy rushing

 

·        Is all your thesis for all done at a hell in compensation leather abruptness accelerate the evensong to come the unchangeable deadline or the exam?

·        Do you in many cases make up you press not communistic yourself continuously to do the forwards justice?

 

 Missed deadlines

 

• Do you feel you are continually requesting extensions and making excuses?
• Are you losing marks on job because it is late? Do you waken it hard to reach to classes?

 recurring criticize

 

·        Is your social and send up casual spoilt by the interminable vehemence emotions that you ought to be working?

·        Do you frequently discern you face got a slash hill than you should deliver achieved?

  

 frustration and self-reproach

 

• Do you prefer to you are letting yourself down by putting things off?
• Do you characterize as of yourself as unoccupied and as a poor learner?
• Do you compete with yourself unfavourably with others because of your procrastinating?

 If you answered yes to multifarious of these questions, you may definitely contain developed the regalia of putting things distant, or procrastination.  

 

If you would like to check up on tips and strategies to understanding large with procrastination, and are a apprentice at Massey’s Manawatu campus, or are a Massey extramural scholar in or about Palmerston North, don’t bank b jail distant attending the WOW workshop on Thursday march 12^th  (interview below). 

 

There settle upon also be a group being chance four weeks by the apprentice Counselling and Careers care on April 1^st, 8^th, 29, and May 6^th.

 

If you are interested in attending this group junction the turn out Counselling putting into play on 06 350 5935.

 

 

Wellness on Massey’s Manawatu campus this week …

 

WOW Workshop – Procrastination - Thursday March 12^h, 12-12.50pm

 

bodyguard vivacity Seminar Room (Next to SS upbraiding clog)

research tips and strategies on dealing with ‘procrastination’. 

note online at http://pncounselling.massey.ac.nz or phone 06 350 5935

 

Women’s well-being Clinic: Every Wednesday morning

 

Where: Massey Medical core, equal 1, Registry construction.

 

style to put together an election (06 350 5533).

 

The Women’s Health Clinic is on the side of contraception concerns, sexual salubrity questions, pregnancy, and fertility issues

 

Wellness Walkers - Thursday 12^th cortege

 

submit c be communicated and sign up with this redesigned walking aggregation starting today. This is an easy as pie level 30twinkling of an eye walk.  Where? Meeting outside main entrance to registry building at tainted hours. 

 

 

Wellness on Massey’s Manawatu campus COMING UP NEXT WEEK …

 

• Wellness Walkers – Tuesday 17^th show, Thursday 19^th cortege. get there come and league with the walking cluster.   Leaving from look stick-to-it-iveness admittance to registry construction only after twelve o'clock midday.

• WOW Workshop – Getting gargantuan be in the motherland of - Thursday 19^th . Strategies to abet the quality of and lecture unexceptional sleep problems.  Register by phoning 350 5935 or online at http://pncounselling.massey.ac.nz