Hello! My name’s Emma (18) and I’m taking part in the Being Grateful experiment. The idea is to spend a few minutes every day for a week to think about what you’re grateful for and see the difference that can make. This is the fourth post of a short series on what being grateful means to me. So here goes! Monday I am grateful of other people’s generosity Every week for the past year I’ve spent one day volunteering in a charity shop in the town close to where I live. And like

Hello! My name’s Emma (18) and I’m taking part in the Being Grateful experiment. The idea is to spend a few minutes every day for a week to think about what you’re grateful for and see the difference that can make. This is the third post of a short series on what being grateful means to me. So here goes! Sunday I am grateful for the chance to say goodbye It’s not easy to find something to be thankful for at a funeral but after all it’s the chance to say goodbye, a chance that

Hello! My name’s Emma (18) and I’m taking part in the Being Grateful experiment. The idea is to spend a few minutes every day for a week to think about what you’re grateful for and see the difference that can make. This is the second post of a short series on what being grateful means to me. So here goes! Saturday I am grateful to be part of something I started my day by watching a Youtuber called Markiplier celebrating 8million subscribers and it honestly it brought me to te

Hello everyone! It´s Sam here (from Smart Choice Student Support). I hope you’ve been keeping your study gratitudes! I know it can be hard to get into the habit of doing them, so here’s a positive study hack that’s much easier- it requires no real effort! Study Playlists We all have those days don’t we? Those days where the thought of doing our homework makes us cry. We'll drag ourselves to our desks to then merely slug out half hour of page staring and then bury our forehead

Happy Friday and happy birthday to Sam Martin, from Smart Choice Student Support who is back this week with some more positive study hacks. Over to Sam..... You came back - thanks! If you haven’t read the intro, go back and have a quick look. But if you did then you’ll know that when we are in a positive state of mind we are more intelligent, productive, creative and energetic! With this knowledge, I made a huge effort in my final year of university to increase my positivity