Category: How-tos and tips

Are you actually #sobored at home or you’re having the time of your life at #homesweethome? How to process the “staying at home”?    The VERY scientific explanation with my VERY DEEP knowledge in psychology (I hope you sense my irony): There is this very popular distinction between two “most popular” human personality theories (popularized […]

#AloneTogether In this new COVID-19 reality, most students are navigating a world of social distancing and virtual learning. With Zoom lectures and virtual student happy hours as our main mode of feeling connected, it is easy to get weighed down with feelings of anxiety, loneliness and despair. Because of this, now more than ever, it […]

How many theses will get written in self-isolation this year? This is a question which has begun rattling around my brain, as I stare out of the window at my new favourite big tree. It’s 11am on a Monday, and I’m attempting to write my thesis from my bedroom desk. In the grand scheme of […]

The first and hard step in my planification about doing a Master in Sweden , was the anxiety of waiting the results! After I did, I ask myself. What’s next? I remember in 2019 during the first week of april, I received an email about my application!  Yes!! I was accepted by my first choice: […]

Living in a new country that is very different from my birth country has been challenging in many aspects; however, I must admit that I enjoyed the change a lot. Not only my daily routine has changed, but also my entire way of see the life. In short, I have a swedish way of life […]

Hejsan, your favourite Student Money Diaries series is back! It’s been more than 6 months since I officially established my life in Sweden. As a summary for my half-year living in Lund, I have decided to take an analysis of my financial health. And I realised living in a university town like Lund can help […]

Honestly, I don’t know the answer. As a student in the middle of the intensive 6-month period of the master thesis, I might have some tips but not all the answers. In this post, I am going to tell you all about the master thesis process, challenges, my story, and lastly you will find some […]

Brace yourself winter is coming. At least this what I thought, or what people have been telling me. “Winter in Sweden is cold, it snows ALL THE TIME, the temperature will not rise above 0 °C. You’re lucky to stay alive basically.” The fact that I am writing these lines proves that I did stay alive! […]

Single and Ready to Mingle? It is February which means it is the season of love. (Insert cupid’s flying arrow here) C’mon. Don’t groan. Even those of you with the coldest of hearts might find yourselves a little more soft to the the mushy and the romantic. And for those singletons out there, you may […]