Week five and my first post is live!

Can you believe we’re already one month into uni? The time flies by… I only finally noticed how much our lives were transforming after high school, once ATAR results came out and all the crucial decisions had to be confirmed, and then in completing all the admin work that followed. This transition to uni involves a lot of changes to our lives and environments, but it’s so exciting and since I- like many- am not moving out of home, I fortunately feel a little constancy among this all. Staying at home and keeping in touch with friends from high school is like a secure base from which you can confidently grow from.

That includes choosing to study at a uni that’s a bit over ninety minutes away and I’m definitely not complaining about the travel time. Sure, the number might sound daunting… especially when this is without delays… but when you’re just about always secured a seat on the train and are the kind of person who can find many things to do on the way, it’s enjoyable! When I’m not completing assigned readings or working on assessments (so when I get home I can just relax after a long day in the city!), I’ll be reading or playing games on my phone or looking out the window or resting my eyes or talking the hour away with a friend (…clearly there’s a lot you can do). And always listening to music.

Making a playlist for the train ride is canon. I even made one with my best friend- which I highly recommend! It might have helped that we found out our music tastes were an insane 95% match! I would say that the bare basics of your playlist are: ‘Unwritten’ by Natasha Bedingfield (the song just embodies sunshine), ‘Everybody Wants To Rule The World’ by Tears for Fears (why wouldn’t this be in your playlist?), and ‘Stayin’ Alive’ by the Bee Gees (very much matches the vibe of the city).

Besides listening to music, I love reading, playing with my dog (her name is Mela, tiny dog with large ego… and of course like any owner I’d defend her until the ends of the Earth, but she would trade me for a chicken wing in an instant) and I’m right now watching a lot of action-comedy TV shows! I also love what I’m studying- a Bachelor of Arts focused on psychology and linguistics.

I also love to talk… so writing in a blog seems pretty fitting. Posts I will make in the future will be about different aspects of what life is like as a student who lives far from uni- and how we can easily make it a sustainable practice for ourselves!

A fun fact about myself to end the post: The only time I ever get seriously competitive is when it comes to games, like Pictionary, and for that I sincerely apologise.

Hannah : )