Fighting Procrastination

Procrastination is not the result of having poor time management skills but rather we delay doing tasks because we are rooted in fear about doing poorly, of losing control, of looking stupid, of having one’s sense of self or self-concept challenged. We purposely keep waiting for time to pass so that are abilities are not judged.

Dealing with exam stress

It’s that time of the year again, so you know what that means: Exam season! The onslaught tests, twice, even thrice a day, the anxiety that follows afterward when you worry that you did bad, even though you studied extremely hard it. I know that many other students feel the same way. I know that these are troubling times, so here are some tips I thought would help to reduce your stress.

Fast Fashion, Faster Devastation

Countless new collections each year make us feel constantly out of date and encourage us to keep buying more. Wanting to fit in shouldn’t cloud our judgement and fuel our ignorance to what’s happening right Infront our eyes: rising sea levels and decreased snow coverage and many more devastating occurrences.

Endangered lives

A serious upsurge of deadly locusts have been spreading across the Horn of Africa. This has caused a shortage of food in the world’s most vulnerable countries. Using high quality sprays have become quite exorbitant and for countries that are struggling to make government revenue. Because of this, eradicating the locusts are becoming challenging as the days go by.

A Plea For Help

The on-going Yemen crisis is one of the largest humanitarian crisis in need of immediate help with 22 MILLION ON THE VERGE OF DEATH! Yemen is on the brink of extinction with 80% of its population experiencing the worst cases of malnutrition and extreme poverty, a cholera epidemic, COVID-19 pandemic, a war- ALL AT THE SAME TIME

“Because of My Religion?”

And so, in this time when we are imploring towards the fight for racial equality, may we also start this fight towards religious equality. There is no ‘superior’ religion or one that is any inferior, we were all made to be equals and we should never discriminate against others for having different views and beliefs of our own.

Matter of the Mind

People may not know how to deal with these feelings and the increased isolation discourages them from reaching out and asking for help. We are at our most vulnerable, mentally. How can we be certain that we won’t reach our breaking point if we don’t acknowledge that we need help in the first place?