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5 Ways to Beat the January Blues!

Posted on 10th January 2019 by Chloe Ward

Campbell Property’s Top Tips for Beating the January Blues!

The third Monday of January is commonly known as Blue Monday, it is supposedly the most depressing day of the year!

So whether you’ve got upcoming January exams, deadlines looming or you’re just missing home! These are Campbell Property’s Top Tips for beating the January Blues…

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1. Plan adventures for 2019!

Give yourself something to look forward to! It is never too early to make summer holidays plans… What will you be doing with your fabulously long student summer? Interrailing, music festivals, volunteering?

By planning ahead you will also get cheaper deals!

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2. Learn Something New!

Get you focused on a new hobby or skill this month to offset the blues such a learning a new language or sport. This is great for padding out your CV, as well as making you a more rounded individual. Also, you can learn lots online for free these days – bonus!

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3. Bedroom Makeover!

Whoever said spring cleaning was reserved for spring?! Treat your bedroom to a bit of a makeover to make it a great place to both study and relax! Maybe purchase new duvet cover/throws & fairy lights to make your room extra cosy for those winter nights in.

4. Exercise!

There’s no better time to start than the New Year to start/get back into an exercise routine after overindulging over the Christmas holidays. Lots of gyms have great deals for students around this time of year too.

5. Make Time For You!

Being back at Uni isn’t just about working, remember to make time. Whether you fancy a Netflix marathon or a night out with friends. Make sure to keep a good balance between Uni work and Uni life, it will help you to stay more engaged when deadlines are looming.

Still looking for your student home?

We still have houses in Leeds, Sheffield, Birmingham, Cardiff, Portsmouth, Middlesbrough, Keele, Stoke & Exeter so head over to our website and make an enquiry before it’s too late!

10 reasons why learning to drive at Uni is terrible

Posted on 27th October 201613th June 2017 by Jessica Cullimore

Hot Fuzz — Getting up for a morning driving lesson after a night out = THE worst

1. Your friends mercilessly mock you for not learning to drive at 17

2. You had to cancel your lesson for being hungover… AGAIN

3. You spend your summer holiday learning, and then a year passes and you’re awful again

4. Your instructor will try and make polite chit chat about your degree when really you wish they’d tell you how to turn the wipers off

5. You see everyone you know and will inevitably see a Facebook post with your hands in the 2 and 10 position

6. You come back from your lesson and talk to your friends how pleased you are for only stalling twice, and then they laugh in your face, forgetting the hours they spent mastering the clutch

7. Having to turn down a night out to save money for your next lesson will leave you with mega FOMO

8. You struggle through the highway code to pass your theory test, only to find all of your driving uni friends don’t know what half of it means – is this really necessary?!

9. When you fail the first time you basically feel like giving up…

10. But when you finally pass you feel like you’re now part of the elite drivers club… Where’s the next road trip headed?

10 Obscure Career Options

Posted on 20th September 201613th June 2017 by Jessica Cullimore

Obscure Careers — Paper Tower Sniffer… an absorbing career choice!

We know you probably get enough people talking to you about your careers and what you’re going to do when you leave University, and it’s hard to figure it out! Mostly because a lot of us just don’t even know what’s out there… Here’s a list of really bizarre career choices you probably didn’t know existed. You know, just in case you needed some inspiration.

1. Professional snuggler

Kinda like prostitution but not really? Plus it pays well…

2. Golf ball divers

Key skills include: enjoying treasure hunting and not being scared of alligators.

3. Paper towel sniffer

Because paper towels need to be odourless and paper towel companies need employ people to keep up their quality control in this area.

4. Professional bridesmaid

Undercover “bridesmaids” offer personal assistant services for the bride – if the job involves a pretty dress why not?

5. Iceberg movers

International Ice Patrol (IIP) was founded the year after Titanic sunk to track the locations of icebergs and move them if necessary – seems quite smart TBH.

6. Pet food tester

Because obviously humans know what dogs like the taste of…?

7. Chicken Sexer

They’re hired by commercial hatcheries to determine the sex of a chick. Apparently it’s quite hard and their skills rely heavily on intuition.

8. Fortune cookie writer

Yep, some writer out there could be determining your future right now.

9. Cool hunter

These people spend their days trying to track down the next big thing, there’s big money to be made here…

10. Dog Surfing Instructor

YES YES YES. I have found my calling.

Expectation vs. Reality: Your first week back at University

Posted on 12th September 201613th June 2017 by Jessica Cullimore

Every year we return to University with high expectations of our own behaviour, however the reality is not quite as productive or as adventurous as we would hope…