What are some foods which help boost your mood?  Anything sweet, but if I wanted to be a little bit healthier I'll have dark chocolate. Still sweet but I feel less guilty eating it    Do you have any simple recipes which are great for when time/motivation are running low? My go-to when I'm not feeling like cooking is making instant ramen and adding in other ingredients like egg, sliced meat, veggies, and cheese (sounds weird to add cheese but tastes so good).   Are there any new foods you'd like to try? Why not pick up something different next time you're at the supermarket! I want to try more vegan products like vegan prawn and vegan chicken nuggets.  ... View more

Congratulations on finishing your final university exam @mol1912 !    You're so right about having a routine and actually scheduling in study breaks because sometimes when I'm super stressed out whilst studying I forget to do anything else besides to keep on studying  ... View more

@mol1912 - I have also started going on walks as well! It's another good way to create those boundaries between studying and downtime since you have to leave the place you're studying at. ... View more

The thing that worked best for me during the exam period was to maintain physical activity (stretches, walks), getting enough sleep at night, and taking regular study breaks. I find that when I'm just constantly glued to my chair without taking any breaks I'll less productive and I end up procrastinating more. Being physically active helped me stay more alert and focus more on the tasks at hand, this also ties into getting enough sleep! Sleep is so important because that's when your brain consolidates all the information you're learning!      ... View more

What do you love most about October? I love the longer days, warmer weather, and all the blooming flowers    What's your favourite sweet treat?  Gummy bears!!!    If you had to wear a mask, what would it be?  Japanese fox facemask (the ones you see in anime)    What's your favourite pumpkin recipe?  Pumpkin pie    What's your favourite cryptic or supernatural creature?  Dragons! I love how they're apart of a lot of fictional stories and often represent strength    Post a fact about bats? Bats can consume up to around 1,200 mosquitoes an hour!    How do you feel about Halloween?  I personally don't celebrate Halloween but I do appreciate all the new thriller/ horror movies that get released around this time. I also like that a lot of sweets go on sale around this time too    Do you have a spooky story to share with us? It could be a personal story, a creepy place, a part of history, a book, TV show or film. This story is an experience my grandma had. When she was younger she worked in an old factory which had 2 stories. The first floor was used to pack clothes into boxes and the second floor was used for storage. The shifts at the factory would usually end pretty late, so one night they heard that there were footsteps coming from upstairs (which is unusual because no one goes up there), so everyone including my grandma went upstairs together to see what's happening, and as a joke one of the other workers knocked on the door, not expecting anything to come from it but they ended up hearing knocking back. Can't remember how it ended but I think everyone just left and refused to work late, as for the authenticity of this story I'm not really sure! I believe in it because I'm someone that believes in the supernatural  ... View more

@James99 Thank you for sharing this video! Everything that was mentioned in the video was something I've experienced constantly and I use to always ask myself "why am I feeling like this" "why can't this go away"  After I realised that the more I try to "bury" these feelings the more I struggled with it so I took up some mindfulness practices. Like the video mentioned it's impossible to live anxiety-free but it's possible to not let it overrun you and that's what I've been feeling  It's also nice to know that i'm not the only one that experiences this! ... View more

@Hannah-RO I love that phrase! Maybe one day you can post some pictures of the kittens!    @h0peful ooooftttt... Can't say I'm the same.. only joking! I love dogs too but cats just have a special place in my heart I've never given the name 'animal crossing' much thought but nope we don't help animals cross the road    ... View more

Reading that makes me so happy!! @Hannah-RO I would love to but unfortunately, I don't have the space to foster but I do love hearing foster success stories    How many kittens do you usually foster at a time? It must feel super rewarding after all the kittens get adopted and go to their forever homes! I sometimes pet-set for my relatives and it's the best thing ever  ... View more

@Hannah-RO What made you decide that you wanted to start fostering kittens? I'm the biggest cat person is it hard when the kittens get adopted and have to leave? I know that's the whole point of fostering but I feel like I'll be too attached to let them go! ... View more

@h0peful It definitely took me some trial and errors to figure out what worked and what didn't  Really?! You have to try it, at first I couldn't get into it but once you get going on designing everything and then seeing your ideas come together it got so addicting  ... View more

I love this topic and it's so important but it never occurred to me how important it was until lockdown happened this year.    1. Are there areas of your life that are starting to blur into one another? Does this work for you or is it impacting your wellbeing in any way? Separating downtime and study time has been quite difficult because I'm so used to having the option to either study at home and then going out to meet up with friends or study at the library and then spending my spare time at home. When lockdowns first began this was the main issue that I had to difficulties with and it just made everything so much more stressful.    2. Can you think of any ways of creating boundaries between R and R, and other commitments? e.g. getting changed after school, logging out of your email at a certain time, etc.? How I overcame this was by setting up regular routines that I would follow every morning to bring back some normalcy into my life. I would also force myself to log off everything uni-related around 5 pm and just spend the rest of the day doing things I enjoyed (meaning playing animal crossing  )  ... View more

This is my first reply (super nervous haha)!   What made me smile today was making the decision to go outside and enjoy a cup of coffee at the park  ... View more