Healthy work and play

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Healthy work and play

• Lecture 4

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Work till you drop, like a slave

• Healthy or not?
• Cramming before exams
• Studying night and day
• Working all night and studying all day
• Using uppers like caffeine, red bull, and others
  to stay awake
• How long can you last?
• What damage will you do and how long to recover?

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Play till you drop, like a stone

• Healthy or not?
• Party all night, up all dayafter day after day
• 16 shots in an hour, where will you be found?
• How many can you down in happy hour?
• What else could I try?
• IS IT OUT OF YOUR BODY YET?
• Gone too Far?
• Alcoholics Anonymous 0845 769 7555   Narcotics
  Anonymous 020 7730 0009Al-Anon (help for
  families of addicts) 020 7403 0888 Families
  Anonymous (for families of drug addicts) 0207
  4984680  Drinkline 0800 9178282National Drugs
  Helpline 0800 776600 (English) / 0800 371141
  (Welsh, 10am-2pm only)
• Nightline - Confidential Student Listening
  Service http//talk.to/nightline/

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Balancing your lifestyle

• It is important to strike the right balance or
  you
• will wear yourself out and achieve less in the
  long term.
• Switching off spending time with friends can
  help and exercise / outdoor activities can be
  miraculous!
• Juggling paid work, study, leisure and family
  commitments is one of the trickiest skills to
  learn plan ahead and talk to someone if it
  gets too much.
• Could you work to a routine (e.g. Nine to Six,
  Monday to Friday)? This might free up more time!
• Could you go to the library regularly?
• Can you allocate one day a week to relax?

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FINALLYWork, rest and play

• Work studying only
• Rest sleep only
• Leisure time anything EXCEPT sleep and
  studying
• HOW MANY MORE HOURS ARE THERE IN A DAY?
• Being paid to play, is that the right way?
  Ill say aye
• Budgeting and planning refers not only to money
  but your time too
• HOW WILL YOU DEFINE YOUR BALANCE?

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References

• Student tips on overcoming stress The ABC Study
  Guide, University education in plain English
  alphabetically indexed. Click here to go to the
  main index, or the ABC image for the cover
• Giving up smoking? www.giveupsmoking.co.uk
• Welfare matters http//www.aber.ac.uk/en/welfare/
  
• Volunteering in the Community
• http//www.cavo.org.uk/english/index.htm
• http//www.cavo.org.uk/cymraeg/index.htm