Feed your Belly. Stock up!· Eat – and stock up on – foods that are nutritious and filling. Pastas, breads, protein sources (like peanut butter, cheese, beans and meats) will make you feel full longer while sustaining your energy levels. You’ll be less likely to get hungry in the middle of the day.
Work it!· Get a job in the cafeteria, they’ll feed you and pay you. If you work off campus, consider a job in a restaurant. Most offer free or discounted food to employees. Even a low-paying job can be worth it if you eat your fill!
Join up!
· Shop with your room-mate(s) to split costs. If you don’t have one, join leagues with other people who are equally room-mate less.
Write it!
· Make a shopping list and stick to it. You’ll be more likely to avoid buying 10 extra things that you really don’t need which saves you $$$. You’ll also save time later by getting what you need all at once. This means more time for studying, or perhaps other less profitable ventures…
Ignore it!
· Buy generic or store-brand food items, instead of brand names. Brand name food items cost more because they have to pay for advertising.
Keep your Moolah
Forget it! · Don’t impulse shop! If you didn’t know before five minutes ago that you ‘needed’ this item, do you really need it? Can you come back tomorrow and get it if you do?
Find it!
· Three Hills is practically the king of garage sales. Spend a Saturday wandering around town talking to sweet old couples and scoring awesome deals on practically everything. Like blenders for under $10! Just check “The Pole” outside Mac’s for the latest garage sales, and go wild.
Sober up! · Yes, you are allowed to drink alcohol (within reason and constraint) off-campus. But, its expensive and abstaining will help you keep your monthly budget down.
Team up!
· If you would normally pay X amount for something (DVDs, x-box games, internet, satellite, cable, etc) you can divide that cost, and still get the same enjoyment by joining together with your household, or other friends and splitting the cost.
Stash it! · Don’t have a toonie to go see the
A Sixpence is not Enough show? Keep your change in one place, so that when you are in desperate need of a little cash, you have something to fall back on, like the 13 dimes, 9 nickels and 1 quarter for your admission.
Keep your Sanity“In short, he so busied himself in his booksthat he spent the nights reading from twilight till daybreakand the days from dawn till dark;and so from little sleep and much reading his brain dried upand he lost his wits.” – Cervantes
Ask any senior student, and they will tell you how they were “this close” to calling it quits, and remaining in a fetal position for the next 6 months. However, burnout is not a mandatory part of your academic career.
Open up!· Visit Kal Szucs’ office to gather resources on burnout, and to find out how you can combat burnout.
Slow Down!
· Take a Sabbath day, or two. You will be able to work harder and better if you are regularly taking time to slow down and breathe.
Schedule it! · Study and study hard, but for a time. Studying for over 4 hours a day can lead to burnout. Study for small portions of time more frequently, rather than having marathon study sessions once a week.
Let Go!
· You don’t have to do it all! Let someone else pick up the slack once in a while, you don’t have to be everyone’s hero. Need proof? Check out Galatians 6:2 and 6:5.
BIO: Andrea is a senior, one of the off-campus interns, who enjoys flying kites, reading classic literature and remembers when a certain professor showed “HomeStar Runner” during an 8am class.
Check out these sites for more ideas:
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