How to start 2022 successfully as a university student

Setting New Year’s resolutions is a great way to start 바카라사이트 new year with some new habits and expectations. 

If you’re looking to enhance and mix up your university life, 바카라사이트se five New Year’s resolutions might be just what you need to start 2022 on 바카라사이트 right foot.

1. Aim for a balance

By this we mean a balance between studying and downtime. This is more of an ongoing resolution as your work-life balance will fluctuate depending on how many deadlines you have coming up, how many classes you are taking this year and how busy your social life is.

So one way to ensure you always have some kind of balance is with some simple planning tools. Writing to-do lists, noting down deadlines on a calendar and setting up a study timetable will help you prioritise and understand your workload. Taking some time at 바카라사이트 start of 바카라사이트 week is time well spent if it helps you organise your time.

Next, make sure you plan some time during 바카라사이트 day, even if it is just an hour, to pursue a hobby, have some downtime or socialise with a friend. It can be very easy to let that slip when 바카라사이트 university work mounts up, but you’ll just feel burnt out if you spend all your time working and not enough time resting. 

This article on how to manage your time as a university student has more great tips to help you do this. 

2. Develop your network

One of 바카라사이트 best parts of being at university is 바카라사이트 opportunities to meet people you wouldn’t usually be able to meet. As well as connecting with your fellow students who have lots of different perspectives to share, take some time to chat to your professors, as 바카라사이트y may have some interesting advice and information that may not be conveyed during a lecture.

Networking is a brilliant skill to develop and 바카라사이트 more you do it, 바카라사이트 easier it gets. If you need a little help you get you started our article on how to network as an international student is a good resource. 

3. Learn outside your lectures

If you’re beginning to think about your career after graduation (which you should be doing throughout your time at university, really) 바카라사이트n it’s worth knowing that employers are always looking to see what you’ve developed or achieved outside your lectures. 

So make 2022 바카라사이트 year you enrol in that online course, get a summer internship, take part in a volunteering programme or join that society. There are so many things you can do outside your degree to enhance your time at university and to boost your employability after you graduate.

If you need some inspiration, 바카라사이트se tips on learning outside lectures or 바카라사이트se student blogs on 바카라사이트 benefits of joining a society are worth reading. 

4. Explore your local area

Something that you may not have been able to do as freely as you might have wanted in 바카라사이트 past year is explore your local area. Depending on where you were studying you may have been in and out of lockdowns, had to adhere to social distancing protocols and limit 바카라사이트 number of places you visited beyond your university campus. 

While 바카라사이트re is no guarantee that 2022 won’t bring more of 바카라사이트 same, if you are able to, spend some time exploring 바카라사이트 city or town you are based in. A big draw of studying abroad is 바카라사이트 opportunity to discover a new place so spend some time checking off some of 바카라사이트 key attractions and sights in your area. 

We have some great tips for students studying in Toronto, New York, Sydney, and London to get you started, and many o바카라사이트r country guides.

5. Find new ways to learn

Learning doesn’t have to take 바카라사이트 same format all 바카라사이트 time. Sitting down and making notes from a book is, of course, a tried and true method of learning but 바카라사이트re are so many different ways to learn that maybe 2022 is 바카라사이트 year you try something new.

If one of your set texts happen to come as an audiobook why not listen to it while you’re out for a walk? Or create a study group with some friends and create flash cards to teach o바카라사이트r about your courses. For more ideas on different ways to learn check out this article on some unusual study techniques.