Study well

Study well addresses the themes covered in our workshops on procrastination, navigating uni, criticism, feedback, imposter syndrome, high workload, and burnout.

Online resources

Procrastination

• Listen to Professor Barbara Oakley talk about learning how to learn, including boosting memory and neutralising procrastination.
• Try out this goal breakdown worksheet to help you achieve goals in small steps and overcome stress and procrastination.
• Read about why boredom can be good for you, and how you can go with the flow and embrace gaps in activity.
• Use the  Pomodoro Technique. for focus and regular breaks
• Habitica is an app to help you motivate yourself to achieve goals, by turning all of your daily tasks in to little monsters you have to conquer.
• SelfControl is a free open source app for macOS that let you block your own access to distracting websites.
• Cold Turkey lets you block applications and enables you to add pomodoro-style breaks or a daily time limit.

Navigating uni life

• Check out study skills worksheets and online modules from Student Learning to help you or a friend with study skills.
• Forest is an app to help you stay focused Try out Forest, an app to help you stay focussed and present while studying.
• Read about becoming a more effective learner.
• Try out this worksheet from Health Navigator to work out who your support people are at Uni.
• Angela Duckworth talks about grit, the power of passion, and perseverance you can transfer to your studies.
• Take notice, me aro tonu. Remember the simple things that give you joy, from the Mental Health Foundation’s 5 Ways to Wellbeing campaign.

Criticism

• Read about how practising positive self-talk improves your holistic self-acceptance of all aspects of yourself.
• Try out a series of 9 self-compassion exercises and worksheets for increasing compassion as an effective tool for improving our lives.
• Listen to an interview about investigating your inner critic and how to make it less punishing.
• Try keeping a gratitude journal to help you combat the inner critic and approach your feelings from a place of curiosity and acceptance.
• Listen to Mamie Morrow talk about how our belief in our own ability to succeed is critical to succeeding.
• Read about eight tips for handling criticism well.

Feedback

• Read Employment New Zealand’s tips for giving and receiving feedback.
• Read about the benefits of being grateful for getting feedback and how to give effective feedback to others.
• Watch a video on the joy of receiving feedback and how feedback can lead to self-discovery.
• Read about overcoming fixation on bad things.

Imposter syndrome

• Listen to an interview about ‘the biggest critic of me is me’, investigating your inner critic and how to make it less punishing.
• Listen to Mamie Morrow talk about how our belief in our own ability to succeed is critical to succeeding.
• Read about what self-efficacy is and try out the quick self-efficacy test.
• Read about what Imposter Syndrome is and how to overcome it.
• Read about how common Imposter Syndrome is and what you can do to reduce it.
• Listen to an interview with New Zealand’s Imposter Syndrome expert Jess Stuart.
• Watch a video for tips to combat Imposter Syndrome

High workload

• Read about what self-efficacy is and try out the quick self-efficacy test.
• Read about the effects of working too much and how to reduce your workload.
• Talk to your Faculty Office about options for restructuring your courseload.
• Check out Student Learning’s study resources to improve your writing, time management, note-taking, research skills and more.
• Watch this quick video about why self-care is important and how to incorporate it into your life.

Burnout

• Check out how to simplify your life from the School of Life.Learn how to paint with Bob Ross as he explains tools, colours, and how to paint at home.
• Check out The Joy Project from Radio New Zealand. From spirituality and dancing to pottery and rowing, a group of New Zealanders share what makes them happy.
• Tips to avoid stress and burnout from a Health Navigator.
• Read about five tips for students to avoid burnout from The Conversation.
• Read about how too much stress can be harmful and the benefits of refuelling, resolving and relaxing.
• Watch a webinar from the Goodfellow Unit about tackling burnout and thriving in the future.
• Watch a short video about how to deal with student burnout.

Workshops

All of the content in our online resources aligns with the messages in our weekly wellbeing workshops.