Do you sometimes get the impression that there are too few hours in a day to get everything done? The feeling of having a million and one things to do but no idea where to start? Or better (or worse) yet, when you spend two hours watching videos on YouTube or roaming on Facebook & […]
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No need to wait for the ball to drop and the new year to roll around to make changes. After all, there is no better moment than the PRESENT ! Matt Cutts, an engineer at Google, challenges us to try something new for 30 days ! Ask yourself, in the words of Cutts, ‘What have I
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Gratitude, altruism and self-transcendence are 3 efficient methods for infusing happiness into your day to day life. We’ve unearthed a little challenge that will allow you to live in serenity for 30 days – accessible by a simple click. Photo credit: Shannon Kringen
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Student life isn’t always smooth sailing and stressful situations may arise. Stress is created when we perceive that we are unable to juggle the different stressors being.thrown our way. With this in mind, we created a list of the 3 most common stressors facing students using feedback received from students themselves. For each stressor, we’ve
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Midterms! Finals! Drop everything and study until you drop! Don’t think about anything else. Don’t do anything else… and feel guilty if you dare take a break! Whether the above seems perfectly reasonable to you, sends shivers down your spine, or both, we’d like to share some productivity and success myths with you, and the
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Today marks the beginning of the 64th annual mental health week. Organised by the Canadian Mental Health Association, the goal of this year’s edition is to remind us of the importance of taking time for ourselves. Do you make time in your schedule to stop and breathe? With the fast pace and busy lives we
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During snowstorms and heat waves, come rain or shine, Monday morning always rolls around. With our coffee/tea mug in hand, we bravely start up our computer, sign-in and hold our breath…. waiting to see just how many e-mail are waiting for us. E-mailing, one of the most widely used forms of communications in our day
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Remember the soothing and invigorating feeling of fresh air filling your lungs on beautiful winter days? Those simple moments spent as a child building igloos and snowmen, sliding down mountains or ice-skating with family and friends? These days, busy and increasingly sedentary lifestyles make being active a task. Gone are the days where being happily active came
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On January 28th, let’s talk and put an end to the stigma ! Finding a good reason to send text messages all day isn’t always easy to come by. For the fifth year in a row, you can make a difference by doing just that. Bell Let’s Talk is a movement aimed at raising awareness,
Memory is a tricky thing: as hard as we may try, our memories are often imperfect recollections, bits and pieces that when strung together do not make a whole. Here are a few tips & tricks on how to make this year quite literally the most memorable yet. ‘Take mental snapshots’ We live in an
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