One month uni update

Hello, Reader!

This week officially marks a month since I’ve arrived at university, so here I am with updates! In fact, an update is much needed, given that everything feels different from the first week. I’d even go as far as saying that it matches my pre-uni expectations somewhat more now. 

My social life is doing well, I think. I get along with my flatmates and I have no trouble socialising with new people. I don’t go on nights out often because I don’t really fancy it, but I’m busy with society socials and I rarely ever have a quiet night in. I was worried about being shy but I somehow managed to become confident in myself and my social skills and now I can strike up a conversation with anyone. Spreading-myself-too-thin wise… I’m a bit conflicted. On one hand, my time management skills are quite up to par, but on the other hand, I’m struggling to make time for myself. Because of this, I am having a hard time taking care of my mental health; I want to be everywhere and do everything, but some days, I just want to lay in bed and do nothing all day. So I do! There’s nothing wrong with taking a day off and taking care of you because you should be at the top of your priority list.

Physically, I’m doing a pretty good job of taking care of myself. I found out I’m quite good at cooking so I eat well and regularly. I tried being vegan, but I found that it was a lot of pressure from the people around me so I decided to be “plant-based” instead, which means I was eating the same things but without judgement. Regardless, I’m eating quite healthy and I think I am getting in all of my nutrients which I’m happy about.

Other than that, I’m a bit overwhelmed with the workload of my course. I know the first year doesn’t count, but I’m finding it quite stressful to keep on top of my work and keep up with my lectures. I enjoy most of my modules and I’m doing my best to go over all notes from all my modules so it doesn’t pile up, but it requires a lot of juggling and prioritising. Time management is coming in very helpful these days; pre-planning my to-do lists and using all the time between lectures to do worksheets is working very well. I’m slowly finding my routine and I’m very happy about it.

I’m struggling a lot with finding time off for myself but I’m working on it. I hope you’re doing well! 

Love,

Agnes xo