Diary of a college student!

Moving to college? Heres a blog to help you pack!

What are the simple basics you need to remember when moving to college?

Ive written all the tips and tricks to help you save money!

1. Clothes - do not over pack! There is only so many outfits you can wear in one week!

Parents love nothing more than to be faced with a HUGE pile of washing to wash and iron

in the space of three days! Theres nothing like it! Think wisely and only bring enough until the next              time you go to your own house and then it looks like you have new clothes!

2. Tooth brush, shower gel, shampoo, conditioner, shaving gel, razers, ear buds, tanning mit (ESSENTIAL), perfumes! All the toilet essentials, nothing spells a bad night out like forgetting your tan! If in dire needs use a sock to apply your tan!

3. Bag/Rucksack! Perfect for carrying your books or laptop to college, using a handbag may be more fashionable but back pain and breaking your laptop is not suitable for the college life!

4. shot glasses! Well because you never know what can happen on a night out!

5. Towels! These are essential if you plan on washing daily, result in not washing may lead to loss of friends and social life.

6. suitcase! Perfect for those long commutes home at the weekends no need for hauling huge bags when you have a huge suitcase!

7. Accomodation: finding accomodation should be high on the list to do, the earlier is the cheapest! Be smart and look everywhere for accomadation. Word of mouth, notice boards, college student unions, websites these are all really helpful when finding a house!

8. Respect, treat your housemates as you would want to be treated yourself, parties are great and all but you dont want to keep them up every night every day!

9. Room keys, make sure you lock your room you may trust who you live with but you dont know everyone walking in and out of the house!

10. Money, think wisely! Going drinking every day may be a great idea but it can result in a lack of money!

11. Enjoy, make the most of the year, be open to new friends, dont hold back and live every moment as if its the last!

   Happy College days :)

  Kate

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That time of year!!

So its that time of year again?

No no not summer time sadly.. But that will come straight after. Yep, you guessed it… Exam time L

Not something fun, not anyway exciting but we all have to do it.

So I taught Id give 5 short tips on how to prep for this nasty time L

Number 5: Know your stuff… even if you haven’t been in.. or just couldn’t be bothered walking to college in the rain.. Get the notes.. stay up and read them over and over again

Number 4: Cram!! It works believe me.. learning something the night before is not a good suggestion.. but if its all you have left its what you should do.. Late nights and a can of red bull = match made in heaven

Number 3: Don’t let the study catch up on you.. SLEEP! Getting as much sleep as you can get will really help you when your studying. Taking breaks can really help you, it gets your concentration back in action too :) 

Number 2: Eat good food! Filling yourself with processed junk might work for the late night feasts but living on it coming up to the exams really wont help you.. Try fresh fruit.. always wakes you up!

Number 1: Celebrate!! What celebrate? YES!! You have worked so hard you deserve to go out, stay in, drink, eat, dance do whatever you like. Make sure you have something to look forward after your exams that way you have something to focus on J

Life as a college student!

Well, we've all had those awful handouts on how to cope with being a student! But how do we actually cope with the stress and pressure and of course to manage a booming social life?

Sadly, i learnt this the hard way, going out every night and waking up with a banging head ache. Not a great way to start the year, this followed for months to come and i got heavily involved in the music society and then that lead to an even busier social life. Thankfully the three week Christmas break made me realise, good food, sleep and a surplus of money really made me feel better. 

In March everything changed, i started to stay in, focus on college work and everything turned around. I suddenly had passed all of my exams so now june wont be as stressful. :)

So how do you manage with all that stress? SLEEP!

Sleeping can be one of the best helps, waking up with 40000 words to write on some topic with a hang over is a NO GO! So sleep everyone!

Eating, if you eat well, it can help you strive to be your best! As a student we all know that money is tight, well you have to pay for rent, food, drink, clubs, sure where does healthy eating come into it? Well guys, eat healthy. A pizza may only be €2.50 but if you buy vegetables and fresh food in bulk it can work out alot cheaper and save on your esb bills!

Relax, stress can take over. DONT LET IT! Stay in, read a book, watch a film, have some friends over, the cheaper the better, sit back relax and enjoy everything around you! A positive mental state will keep anyone sane and not stressed. Yes i know this can be hard in a student house, your house mates screaming drunkenly, someone banging on the walls, a roaring television. Think about something relaxing and enjoy it :) 

                                                              Rag week in carlow :)