Saving Money is Hard

A the start of this year, my new year's resolution was to save as much money as i could. At first I did rather well, every time I got paid, i would put almost 50% into a high interest online only savings account. The came the car rego, new work clothes, and unexpected little things. Soon I was taking out the money that I had put in.

Budgeting your money sometimes helps and sometimes if you aren't able to stick to it for one reason on another, sometimes doesn't work. Even if budgeting and saving your money doesn't go to plan, and you go off the track for days, weeks or months, try again. But devise a plan that is realistic, and will leave you with money in case of emergencies.

Half Way Mark

With the end of week 6 upon us, now would be a really good time to start buckling down and start looking at starting assignments that are due in the next and last 6 weeks of the courses.

If you haven't already done so, read the course profile for assignments and if there is an exam, to read what kind of exam it is and what materials are allowed.

Even if you have failed assignment 1, you can still pass if you do a good job on assignment 2 and/or 3/ exam. Don't give up just because of one disappointment. Be brave and try, try, try again.

Work Study Life Balance

Getting the right balance between your social life, study and work is really hard sometimes. Yesterday a friend was telling me how depressed she was feeling, when I asked why, she replied it was because she had worked over 9 days in a row for at least 7 hours each day.

Many of you will be saying, that's nothing or if you really want something you have to sacrifice, and yes i agree to the latter. But if you are constantly feeling bad about something or feeling sad, you should think about what it is that is making you feel like that and perhaps re-prioritise what you want and are doing. Maybe get out and exercise, have some friends over for lunch or dinner, or find some other way to relax and get your mind off everything for a few hours or so.

Mid Semester Break

With all the fluster and flurry of getting an assignment finished, I had almost forgotten about this blog.

With next weeks mid semester break, now would be a great time to start all those assignments that are due week 6 or 7. But you should also take a break if you have been studying really hard for the past five. Tutors and lecturers are in as usual if you need any extra help understanding assignments or the course materials.

Other ideas for next week are to explore the city, see a movie or hire a dvd and have a movie night with friends, explore the suburbs and landmarks, or as I will be doing, getting extra work. So whatever you are doing in the mid semester break, have fun.