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1. Sleep more<\/h3>\n

Party by night, lectures by day – you can only burn the candle at both ends for so long before your body crashes. This year, make a point of getting some well deserved shut eye – you’ll get improved concentration, an immune system boost (no more Freshers flu for you!) and who knows, you might actually make it to that 9am post-SU club night lecture once in a while (FYI, your professor totally knows you’re not poorly every single Thursday).<\/p>\n

2. Eat better<\/h3>\n

If you’ve been microwaving pizza for breakfast and mainlining caffeine and sugar since September (guiltyyy…) now is a good time to rethink your eating habits. Put a focus on fresh produce and cooking from scratch, and rope in your housemates to make it less of a chore and improve their health in the process too. Just a few tweaks make a big difference, and having no money is no excuse – here are loads of ways to eat healthy on a budget!<\/p>\n

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3. Study smart<\/h3>\n

Ever find yourself staring at a book for hours without retaining a single word? Maybe you’re not a visual learner. Try different ways of getting information to go in – audiobooks, posters, groupwork, reading passages out loud – and figure out what works for you. Identifying your learning style now can help you take on important info for the rest of your degree and beyond \u2013 and if all else fails, we find motivation in gummy bear form is also pretty helpful (although this may clash slightly with resolution number two\u2026)<\/p>\n

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4. Procrastinate less<\/h3>\n

Up to 95% of students procrastinate (and frankly, we think the other 5% are lying) but if you put off until tomorrow what you can do today EVERY DAY, your to-do list will only keep growing, and add to your already substantial mountain of stress. Break tasks down and do them piece-by-piece \u2013 you’ll get the gratification of feeling like you’ve achieved something much more quickly, and chip away at your workload without even realizing. Here are a bunch more ways to be more productive in 2015.<\/p>\n

5. Get organized<\/h3>\n

Can you see a pattern emerging here? Streamlining everything from your stationery to your sock drawer is a great way to get you mentally ready for the year of exams and essays ahead. Get a diary, pick up some new notebooks, colour code EVERYTHING \u2013 it doesn’t matter how you do it. Just get your shit together, and keep it that way for as long as possible \u2013 you’ll make life much easier for yourself in the long run.<\/p>\n

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6. Drink more slowly<\/h3>\n

We’re not going to suggest you stop drinking altogether (we’re nothing if not realistic!) but there are ways to pace yourself so that you get to spend the end of the night in bed, rather than face-first in a toilet bowl. Alternate every glass of booze with a glass of water, order singles instead of doubles, or spritzers, if you’re a wine drinker, and say no to shots. If you need further encouragement, check out the Drinking Mirror app, which shows you the effect regular drinking can have on your face \u2013 if those popped veins and slack cheeks don’t slow you down, nothing will\u2026<\/p>\n

7. Clean (properly!)<\/h3>\n

Squirting a bit of Febreze and waving a duster around might get rid of that weird smell for a while, but it won’t make your house any cleaner. A grotty home can be embarrassing at best and downright dangerous at worst, so bite the bullet and get ready to give everything a really good scrub. Thankfully, these easy cleaning hacks will dramatically reduce the amount of elbow grease required \u2013 and once you’re done, your place will smell so sweet you can throw the Febreze away. PHEW.<\/p>\n

8. Meet new people<\/h3>\n

Whether you’re a first year or a third year, there are always opportunities to make more friends at uni. Join a society, sign up for a class, volunteer, get a part-time job \u2013 just do something with your time that enables you to meet people you might not other cross paths with otherwise. You’ll learn a lot from these people \u2013 and you might be surprised at which ones end up becoming your life-long buds.<\/p>\n

9. Ring your parents<\/h3>\n

However, whilst you’re busy making lots of new pals, it’s also important not to forget about your old ones – particularly your long-suffering mum and dad. Obviously you can give your calls a grown-up friendly edit – they want to hear more about your fab essay results, less about the guy you pulled at the bar last Tuesday that definitely looked like Benedict Cumberbatch – but daily, weekly or even fortnightly updates will be more appreciated than you realize (they really do miss you, y’know).<\/p>\n

10. Manage your money<\/h3>\n

Saving money might not be a realistic goal – but not blowing it all on takeaways and tequila is. Draw up a budget (the Money Advice Service has a handy calculator that will do the hard stuff for you if maths isn’t your strong suit). Realising how much you’ve been wasting on crap you don’t need isn’t fun, but with most students running out of loan within just six weeks, it’s a much-needed shock to the system.<\/p>\n

11. Learn something new<\/h3>\n

We know you’re already paying 9k to do this in seminars, but that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t try and learn some things outside of the classroom too. Check out Gumtree\/Freecycle\/the union pinboard and you’ll probably find someone for someone who needs to get rid of their instrument\/craft supplies\/foreign language dictionaries or similar. Once you’ve got your mitts on the kit, hit Youtube for free tutorials, and you might just get yourself a brand new skill for next to nothing.<\/p>\n

12. Make a difference<\/h3>\n

You’ll probably never have such a flexible schedule again in your life. Put any spare time towards volunteering, charity work, uni fundraisers etc. Helping others feels really effing good (and it doesn’t hurt that it looks great on your CV either).<\/p>\n

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Source: UK Cosmo<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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