Semester 2 is well underway now, so I thought I would share my week 1 experience. This semester, I’ve so far not left my family home! I don’t have any plans to move back to Dundee until the shops reopen, if that happens before this semester ends. I work part-time in retail in Dundee and […]
Today I thought I’d share with you my top 5 tips for doing Christmas shopping on a budget! I know a lot of us a students with not that much money behind us, so sticking to a budget is probably the best idea around Christmas time. Look out for student discounts. I mean, this tip […]
Around this time in the semester, it seems like all our deadlines hit us at once. I’ve got a couple of tips that will hopefully help you if you’re struggling with this like I am! Firstly, if you haven’t already, make a note of when all your deadlines are. It might be worth structuring this […]
I know we’re all working very hard at the moment, but we all deserve a break!! In this blog post, I’ve rounded up my top 5 TV programmes that I’ve watched recently that I thoroughly recommend you watch. The Crown (Netflix) : This is one of my favourite shows of all time! Season 4 has […]
I think now, more than ever, it is so important to have a good relationship with the people you live with. We’re spending so much more time at home, so to avoid this time being a misery, I have a list of 5 things you can do for your flatmates, or ask them to do […]
Today I thought I’d share some positivity and promote some of my favourite places in Dundee. Most of these are restaurants and cafes because I’m obsessed with food, but there’s also some different places I’d recommend you visit in Dundee. Whether you’re a fresher wanting to discover this new city you’ve moved to, or a […]
As I’ve mentioned in previous blog posts, and as we all know from simply being human in 2020, we’ve begun to spend a lot more time in spaces such as our bedrooms, or just our homes in general, than we ever used to due to the pandemic. I’m hoping this blog post will give you […]
I think we can all agree that, since almost all of our time is spent online now studying or working from home, it is much harder to switch off and actually relax at home. I thought I would put together a few ideas that might help you differentiate between work time and chill time, despite […]
Hello all! We’re finally back to uni and classes have started again. Whether you decided to return to Dundee or stay at home and do distance learning, we’ve all been back to studying for at least a week now. I thought it would be worth me sharing my experiences of my first week of fourth […]
I thought I’d make a little blog post of things we can all do to keep ourselves busy during lockdown. After almost 8 weeks, I think I’ve found some really useful ways to keep myself busy and not let my mind wander and start to worry too much about everything that’s going on! Obviously we […]