Student Life September 2019
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Dear Fresher<br />
TOP 5 THINGS THAT<br />
I’VE LEARNT AS A STUDENT:<br />
BY LUCY TATE<br />
As a first year student living away from home<br />
for the first time, this new “student lifestyle”<br />
came as quite a big shock to me as I moved into<br />
a state of independence. A lot of things that I<br />
thought I’d be on top of really threw me off, and<br />
some of the things I’ve learnt came in handy<br />
quite quickly. Here’s my top 5 things that I’ve<br />
learnt as a student:<br />
2 SHOPPING TRIPS<br />
As somebody that can’t drive, I’ve found<br />
that doing a weekly food shop was a huge<br />
inconvenience to me. I didn’t have any<br />
friends that drove so I started off carrying<br />
all of my bags up a hill, or resorting to<br />
the bus - either way, it killed my arms and<br />
made shopping trips more of a workout.<br />
If I couldn’t get a friend to drive me, then<br />
I found it really easy to use a suitcase for<br />
all of my shopping. Yes, a suitcase. I may<br />
have looked a bit odd packing my meat<br />
and veg into a suitcase, but it made it ten<br />
times easier to wheel it all back in one go.<br />
If you don’t mind seeming strange at the<br />
local Aldi, then it is definitely an energy<br />
saving trick.<br />
1 THE IMPORTANCE OF BUDGETING<br />
Everybody knows that students are skint –<br />
I have definitely found myself paying with<br />
pennies on multiple occasions. The most<br />
valuable lesson I’ve learnt so far is that it<br />
is incredibly important to set yourself a<br />
weekly budget, whether that means getting<br />
a prepaid budget card, planning out<br />
weekly expenses, or just keeping a keen<br />
eye on your finances, I can’t stress the<br />
value of this enough!<br />
3 DEALING WITH CHORES<br />
As somebody that snacks constantly<br />
throughout the day, I have a lot of dirty<br />
dishes. It’s just a few plates, I thought<br />
to myself, but believe me, the stack<br />
gets bigger and bigger, until you’re<br />
lost in a mountain of old dishes and<br />
dirty laundry. Though it may seem like<br />
a hassle at the time, I’ve found that<br />
just doing my damn chores is vital to<br />
keeping myself in a decent work and<br />
living environment, not to mention all<br />
the space it saved in my room.<br />
68 • SEPTEMBER <strong>2019</strong> • STUDENT LIFE
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