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How stepping outside of my comfort zone changed my university experience

Leave a Comment / Article / SFU LYFE / August 21, 2026

Photo by DS stories on Pexels Written by Anonymous When I first started at Simon Fraser University, I expected my university experience to revolve around lectures, assignments, and exams. Like many students, I thought that succeeding in university meant getting good grades and staying on top of coursework. While academics are certainly important, I quickly […]

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Learning to Believe You Earned Your Place

Leave a Comment / Article / SFU LYFE / August 15, 2026

Photo by carolyn christine on Unsplash Written by Noorin Chowdhury There is a strange part of growth that I do not think I was prepared for: sometimes you can work incredibly hard to get somewhere and still feel like you do not belong there. Lately, I have been thinking a lot about imposter syndrome and

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How I Learned to Avoid Burnout

Article / SFU LYFE / July 17, 2026

Photo by Kari Alfonso on Pexels Written by: Vamsi N. If there’s one thing attending University has taught me, it’s that being busy and being productive are not the same thing. There was a point in time where I thought that the more commitments I had, the better. Classes, extracurriculars like volunteering, club activities, work,

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The Version of You Waiting Outside Your Comfort Zone

Article / SFU LYFE / July 11, 2026

Written By Jessica Reimer I still remember getting off the plane in Milan, realizing I had no idea where I was going and there was no one to rely on but myself. I was about to spend four months living and studying in a completely unfamiliar city, and even introducing myself at orientation felt overwhelming.

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Staying Organized Without Overcomplicating It

Article / SFU LYFE / June 27, 2026

Written by Anonymous It can be so easy to get caught up in the stress of managing school, work and extracurriculars that the idea of staying organized through it all can seem like another added chore. However, staying organized is not about having the perfect system that we must dedicate hours to achieving. Instead I

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How To Survive a Job Epidemic

Article / SFU LYFE / June 18, 2026

Photo by Ron Lach on Pexels Written by Sanya Mehra I have come to terms with the fact that I will have to push myself very hard to get even a foot in the door for a single job interview in this market. You could apply to 50 jobs and hear back from 1 company

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How To Maximise Your University Experience

Article / SFU LYFE / March 25, 2026

Written By Ayesha As my time at university draws to a close, I’ve been reflecting on the experiences that have shaped me into who I am today. As someone who started school overwhelmed by the abundance of opportunities post-secondary had to afford, here are a few tips I’d give to someone who is about to

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How To Be Efficiently Lazy

Article / SFU LYFE / March 11, 2026

Photo by Ruslan Sikunov on Pexels Written By Sanya Mehra Back when I was a first-year, all I cared about was my academics because there was simply no time to fit in anything else. I wanted to be involved in clubs, volunteer outside of university and maybe even have a job, but back then, it

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Embracing Silence

Article / SFU LYFE / February 18, 2026

Photo by Ciocan Ciprian on Pexels Written By Ian Yu I love listening to music. That’s why I listen to it every chance that I get. My commute to and from classes is almost never free of music. Never do I leave the house without my headphones, and discovering that I forgot to charge them

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Managing Work While Being a Full-Time University Student

Article / SFU LYFE / February 9, 2026

Working while being a full-time university student was never part of some big master plan for me. It started out of necessity, but over time, it became one of the most challenging and rewarding parts of my university experience. At one point, I was balancing two part-time jobs while carrying a full course load, and

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