Self Care
Self-care is helpful if you're feeling stressed, having trouble organising your time or feeling overwhelmed balancing your OTT student life. The biggest thing: it is personal! your approach will be different to your best mates because we all have different needs, strengths, skills and likes.
What activities make you feel the best and help you to relax?
- Fix yourself a warm cup of tea
- Unplug for an hour
- Colour-in
- Scratch a lurker off your to-do list e.g. book that dentist appointment
- Try meditating
- Pick up that book you never finished
- Make one small diet change for the wee
- Get outside
- Write down your thoughts
- Express gratitude
- Get your body moving
- Pamper yourself
- Make a time with a friend
- Do something you loved doing as a child
- Listen to music
- Watch the clouds or spot the stars
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