Your health is the most important thing that you have, and college is the best time to develop healthy habits. We offer you a comprehensive guide to finding and creating healthy food on campus, balancing stress levels and other obligations, and promoting your health in college.
You’ve probably heard of the Freshman 15 before. You know, the fifteen pounds you allegedly gain during your first year of college? While scientists debate the actual average that people gain, it is a real phenomenon with several causes. Just think about it–you’re in a new environment with a new routine and new stressors. There […]
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Eating is hard in college. The Freshman 15 is real, and honestly, it can be hard to avoid. You have limited food options, often lack a kitchen during (at least) your first year, and don’t have the storage you’d like. Snacking can be a quick way to gain weight, and it sucks because most of the
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Life can be hard if you’re an introvert or if you struggle with social anxiety. College can be an especially difficult time–there are a ton of changes, you don’t have your usual privacy, and you have to suddenly make friends all over again. While shyness and introversion don’t always go together, they often are linked.
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It’s easy to lose motivation, especially when life gets tough. In college, you’re balancing many things: studies, work, career searches, internships, dorm life, time management, relationships, and more. It can often feel like your mind is going in a thousand directions and you don’t know where to start. These overwhelming feelings are normal, and if
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Burnout after high school is a real thing, and it’s not acknowledged often enough. While some people might spend their high school years messing around, many of us spent them working our asses off to get into a good college. After four years of a constant hustle, it’s only natural to feel exhausted. Going into
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I mean, it’s all in the title, isn’t it? Dating apps suck. You probably didn’t need me to tell you that. Yet despite this knowledge, we all keep using them. Most of us are doing it because we want love–that idea we grew up on with rom coms. Yet the suffering is worse than the
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They say that your twenties are the best time of your life. From finishing college to finally being able to drink to establishing your career and exploring, much is changing during this period. With all this excitement, however, comes some downsides that people rarely talk about. Stress, a feeling of loss, and perhaps worst of
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We’re now in 2023, and that means that it’s time to set some new goals. Whether you want to aim high or simply improve your life marginally, this is the year to do so. However, when setting 2023 goals for college students, it can often be difficult to plan things out perfectly. College has many
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Confidence is a beast. With it, you’re unstoppable. Without it, you feel like you’re in a pit, just struggling to get by. Often, it feels like everyone always tells you that confidence is key, but they don’t always give you the tools to achieve it. Once you get to college, it makes a world of
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Growing up comes with its share of challenges. That much is something that we can all agree on. However, there are so many things that nobody tells you about growing up. Ever. And you just have to figure it out by yourself. Part of that is the fact that it’s part of the cycle of life
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