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How To Prepare For The Canadian Job Market With IECBC
Canada has one of the most diverse and vast job markets that attract millions across the globe in hopes of finding new opportunities and…
How Being A Writing & Learning Peer Helped Me in My University Life
Did you know that SFU has a cool library service dedicated to helping students tackle their writing and learning concerns? It’s all part of…
Dealing with Procrastination
Procrastination is something we all struggle with at times. Personally, it used to have a huge hold on me; I’d find myself staying up…
Adaptation to Change
Something I noticed as a SFU student is that being in such a big university is quite intimidating and scary at the beginning. But,…
How to Achieve Your Goals (or Get Closer to Them)
One time in my 10th grade math class, I asked another classmate (let’s call him Jared) if he could help me out with a…
4 Things I Wish I Did Sooner as a Student with a Disability
This past spring, I was diagnosed with ADHD, which was something I initially had trouble processing and accepting. I always thought that an important…
Never Settle For Less When There Is A Possibility For More
Continuously improve yourself
Blog Bytes #6: Self Processes, Burnout, & Priority Alignment
Blog Bytes is a series that shares ideas to help you live your fullest every day. This is a snippet from the Nathan Barry…
5 Mindsets to Adopt in 2023 for a Greater Life in 2024
1. Routinely question every action you take and belief you hold with “is this action or belief taking me where I want to go?”…
Struggling to Get to Bed? Try Bringing the Bathroom to the Bedroom.
For all the lazy llamas out there
On New Year’s Resolutions (2023 Edition)
How to not fail your New Year's resolutions
On Doing the Important Things: When You Feel Lost, Distracted, or Stuck, Ask Yourself These 4 Questions
A simple life audit & awareness exercise
On Getting An Extra Hour of Sleep Each Night
#05 — Blog Bytes is a series that shares ideas on living every day to its fullest. Let’s do some math. There are 7…
Feeling Pain Is a Prerequisite To Experiencing Pleasure
Doing hard things, apparently, makes you happier
How I’m Using the Cold Turkey App to Sleep Way Earlier
Pressing pause on the internet
How to Search Like Sonic the Hedgehog With Site-Specific Search
Search any site from your browser's address bar
An Unpractical But Viable Solution to Eliminating “YouTube Scatterbrain Syndrome”
Stop streaming. Start downloading.
7 Ways to Boost Your Career Prospects This Summer
It can be tempting to spend your summer relaxing, enjoying the sun and warm weather that is missing from our lives the rest of…
How I Make $750k Per Year as a Full-Time Student
Feel free to steal my formula for success
💖 Several Short Ideas on Relationships and Friendships
1. The Law of “Fuck Yes or No” When it comes to relationships, it should be a “fuck yes or no” decision—this applies to…
🌼 A More Peaceful and Gentle Way to Wake Up in the Morning (ease your way into the day)
So guess what! I discovered this trick to make waking up in the morning so much less anxiety-inducing. All you have to do is…
Crush Your YouTube Addiction by Making YouTube Ultra Boring
To all the YouTube addicts who want to quit but just can't
The Internet is a Trap. Start Viewing it Like This.
24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Welcome to the Internet.
Blog Bytes #4: To Become Happier, Ask Yourself These Two Questions Every Night
Blog Bytes is a series that shares ideas to help you live your fullest every day (formerly known as SFU LYFE Pod Bytes). Join…
The Myth Behind Motivation — Why Doesn’t It Work For You?
I’m sure many of you have seen pictures like the one above. Coffee mugs telling us “don’t stop till you’re proud,” or book covers…
The need for political tolerance and the dangers of an infallible story
Political tolerance is defined as providing basic rights and freedoms to individuals and groups who hold opposing views. It is a fundamental principle of…
6 Easy Steps to Become a More Productive Student
How’s your school-life balance? Intact? Obliterated by a barrage of assignments, essays, and midterms? Don’t worry, we’ve all been there. It can get pretty…
What Does “In-Person” Mean and How Do We Actually Go “Back to School?”
As someone who entered university during the pandemic, I have some qualms about finally coming to school, and I’m sure you do as well.…
Why Focusing on the Present Is (And Will Always Be) The Only Thing That Matters
The past doesn’t exist. I’m wrong, am I not? Like, of course the past exists. Yesterday happened, and now, “oh hey, here I am!…
The 100 Percent Rule That Makes Sticking to Life Changes 100% Easier
It’s pretty hard to change your behavior. Only 19% of people who make New Year’s resolutions actually succeed over a 2-year period. Most fail…
Stay Focused with Flipd, Our New Online Study Community
Good morning students. I hope you all had a candid weekend. If you’re wondering what ‘candid’ means, well I must inform you that I…
Become Gold
We all have goals. And we all want to achieve them. In doing so, we constantly, and naturally, avoid what holds us back and…
And it’s a typical Sunday morning in March
You wake up. It’s 8 AM and you have a multitude of work and deadlines ahead of you. Instead, you decide to check your…
To live is to fight winnable battles in an unwinnable war
The inevitable downfall of every single person,The inevitable downfall of monument and vocation.The inevitable downfall, The inevitable decay. The inevitable death. The inevitable downfall…
Spring 2021 Team Expansion
Introducing SFU LYFE’s New Members! We are thrilled to welcome the new additions to our team this Spring term. Read more about the new…
I took cold showers for a year straight
It is just half-past 10 pm on a Wednesday night. My hair is wet from a shower—a cold shower. Flashback to 300 days ago,…
Blog Bytes #3: Do You Expect Bad Things To Happen?
Blog Bytes is a series that shares ideas to help you live your fullest every day (formerly known as SFU LYFE Pod Bytes). Join…
The Reason Behind Imposter Syndrome and How to Deal With It
Imposter syndrome is a prevalent struggle among college students. When we experience imposter syndrome, we feel as though we aren’t worthy of where we…
Transcending the Culture of Acceptance
Let me tell you something about myself. I never had a large number of friends, even now, they are far and few between—especially with…
Blog Bytes #2: Breaking Bad Habits
Blog Bytes is a series that shares ideas to help you live your fullest every day (formerly known as SFU LYFE Pod Bytes). Join…
A 4-Minute Guide to Meditation:
Some in the LYFE Discord server have been asking a lot about mental clarity and the like. It is nice to have a clear…
5 Tips to Improve Your LinkedIn Networking Game
Have you ever heard the phrase “It’s not what you know, it’s who you know”? While your skills are definitely important, it’s often your…
Finding Balance in Life is More Simple Than You Think
Welcome back to the SFU LYFE blog! It’s about halfway through yet another online semester in these strange times and whoever you are, we…
SFU LYFE New Members! – Fall 2020
Introducing SFU LYFE’s New Members! We are thrilled to welcome the new additions to our team this Fall term. Read more about the new…
SFU LYFE Community Projects
SFU LYFE’s main objective is to help you find what you love, form healthy habits, and meet great people. We do this by providing…
Blog Bytes #1
Blog Bytes is a series that shares ideas to help you live your fullest every day (formerly known as SFU LYFE Pod Bytes). Join…