Getting your life into order.

Sometimes, you get to a stage in your life where you feel like you are doing a millions things at once. You think about everything that you have to get done in the next few weeks or you make so many plans that it all blurs into a haze. It's not always the big plans and the big events. For me at the moment, it's all the little things that I have to do and it stresses me out!

I can safely say that you can get all your shit into order very easily. What happens is that my brain fills up with everything that I have to do or organise and I can't see how it's all going to fit and how I will manage to not go insane.

Write a list. I swear by lists. They are my saving grace. It gets everything in your head onto paper and you can actually physically see what's happening and you realise that you can handle it. You may have a week where you need to write an assignment for school or uni, work a few shifts at your job, try to organise a party for the weekend while scheduling a few trips to the gym. You start to fill stressed and you over think. Stress is never the answer and you should never have to endure it. High stress is so bad for your health that it can eventually kill you and it sucks that we all feel it, some people on an everyday basis. I honestly try to avoid stress but if you're like me, I get anxious and stressed pretty easily and I have a few ways of dealing with it.

Exercise is a really good way for dealing with pent up stress and tension. You get blood flowing through your veins and you feel amazing, both emotionally and physically. If you don't like exercise (I don't blame you) then try yoga. Not only is it incredibly relaxing but you are doing exercise without realising it! Nothing wrong with that hey?

If none of these options work for you then I suggest talking to someone. You can get it all out of your head while having a supportive friend or relative to help you and give advice. Sometimes, all we need is someone to listen to us, especially us bitch and whine about the small things that bug us. Then, take a bath and put on a favourite movie and actually take time to stop and relax. We get so caught up in our busy lives that sometimes we forget to stop and breathe! Good luck :)

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Choosing What To Study at UNI

In Australia, students around are going through the process of deciding what they want to study at UNI and I am one of them. It is starting to freak me out because all of a sudden, I have to think about my future and what I want and seriously, I'm still unsure. If you are one of the many students freaking out because of UNI this year, trust me, you are not alone.

There are so many options. This sounds great on paper but in reality, it makes choosing subjects so hard. And if you're like me and the thought of going through the process of swapping subjects makes your skin crawl then this adds pressure and stress.

But guess what? All this pressure and stress is coming from one thing….me. I put so much pressure on myself to choose the 'right' subjects and it's ridiculous. If you are putting loads of pressure on yourself, take a moment and breathe. You are choosing subjects that could potentially result in a career, not choosing a career outright and guess what? It's totally fine not knowing what you want to do. In fact it's totally normal! I'm not an ambitious, career minded person so I am going to study subjects that I love and that I'm good at. I think thinking about a career is looking far to ahead in the future and is something we need to just let happen. I know I will have a great job in the future, I just need to be patient and have trust in myself that what I am doing is right.

I'm so nervous about starting UNI because I am starting school all over again. I won't know a whole lot of people, I don't know the campus at all, the teachers are strangers and subjects at UNI are so different to highschool. But I think this change and these new challenges are going to be good for me and help me grow up a bit.

If you are starting a new school this year; whether it be UNI or high school, remember that new changes and new faces may be totally scary and nerve racking but also a chance to really challenge yourself and change for the better. You may gain friends and confidence or a great new outlook on life. This is a scary beginning but it will be to ally worth it. Good luck!

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