Focusing on Mental Health

Try journaling daily - Journaling can be a great way to relax and reflect on your day. It can also be used for goal setting and increasing your creativity.

Here’s a cool article about what journaling can do for you:

https://medium.com/mind-cafe/why-keeping-a-daily-journal-could-change-your-life-9a4c11f1a475#:~:text=%E2%80%9CKeeping%20a%20personal%20journal%20a,keystone%20habit%20you%20can%20acquire.

Try meditating - Apps like Calm, Headspace and Insight Timer have free guided meditations that can help you take breaks from hectic days and manage stress. Meditating regularly has proven benefits and has been shown to increase the quality of life of those who utilize it.

Here’s a Harvard study on the effects of being mindful: https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2018/04/harvard-researchers-study-how-mindfulness-may-change-the-brain-in-depressed-patients/

Organize Yourself - Writing down your work in a planner can help you stay organized and manage stress by helping you avoid leaving work for the last second, which is something we all fall victim to at some point or another.

Try to meet new people - The pandemic has brought with it a sense of isolation, which means it’s more important than ever to find safe and socially distanced ways to meet people and make new friends.

Here’s an article on the importance of social circles:

https://www.midkent.ac.uk/news/blog/the-importance-of-maintaining-a-social-circle/#:~:text=Your%20social%20circle%20is%20a,as%20stress%2C%20anxiety%20and%20depression

Ask for help - University of Rochester provides free counseling for your disposal and RAs/De’Lions are there to help you as well. You can ask for them for academic advice but also questions or advice about anything.

Here’s a helpful link:

http://www.rochester.edu/uhs/ucc/