November can be a tricky time: the homesickness, the shorter days and the stress of deadlines can feel overwhelming.
That’s why we’re suggesting that students Do One Thing to help improve their experience at university. It doesn’t have to be huge; in fact the simpler the better.
In this blog post the Mental Health and Wellbeing and the Skills@Cumbria teams share their Do One Thing tips. Visit the Do One Thing webpage to see what One Thing the other Student Services’ teams and the Student Union are suggesting.
Live Well: Practise gratitude
Practise gratitude and celebrate small victories – it can do wonders for your sense of wellbeing.
Some people keep a gratitude journal or jot down things they’re grateful for on slips of paper that they keep in a gratitude jar. Other take photos with their phone. Imagine keeping track of daily gratitude for the rest of this term and then reading back over them or looking at gratitude photos as Christmas moves into New Year: what a way to start the new year!
Learn Well: optimise your time with the Pomodoro technique
Don’t just use your tomato shaped kitchen timer for timing your baking and cooking; it can help with studying too as the Pomodoro Technique. Watch this video and/or read this Pomodoro technique blog post to find out more. Sign up for the Writing Retreat webinar on 29 November to try out the Pomodoro technique in a supportive writing group setting.
Live Well Learn Well: Procrastination webinar
Sign up for the procrastination webinar on Tuesday 19th November. The Mental Health and Wellbeing and Skills@Cumbria teams will share tips and strategies for managing procrastination.
Read previous Live Well Learn Well blog posts about procrastination: Book review and Understanding procrastination
To learn more about procrastination visit TogetherAll.
There are lots of other webinars taking place in November. Check out the dates, times and booking details via our webinars page.
The King of Just One Thing: Michael Mosley
If you’re finding the concept of Do One Thing helpful, you might enjoy the Just One Thing podcast presented by BBC presenter and writer Michael Mosley, who sadly died earlier this year. The podcast is a great collection of lots of “just one thing” you could do to improve your health and wellbeing, all “scientifically proven to change your life” without taking up lots of your time (BBC, 2024).
Feeling stuck?
Do one thing: click the Student Enquiry Point tile on the Hub and reach out to Student Services.
