By Andi Packheiser

Finals are over. Regardless of you passed, failed or made the most out of your semester- winter break is finally here! Pat yourself on the back for making it through yet another (or your first!) semester and decide how you’re going to spend your winter break. Here are some tips to help you navigate how to spend your winter break:

Check in with Yourself:
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We have so much agency within ourselves that we don’t do ourselves justice by complying with any sort of distraction or pressure that is unnecessary. After a semester, we may feel like we have to complete a million and a half tasks but in reality we may need to find ways to focus on physical and our mental fitness. There is no rule that says you have to be busy 24/7.  

By Amy Massack

By Joanna Lee

​When I was entering grad school, I started asking my professors for advice on how to be successful. They often gave me pithy tidbits that felt like the little proverbs you get from fortune cookies, like work hard, play hard. Their advice were small nuggets of profound knowledge, the culmination of generations of scholars, gently placed into my hands. I believed that taking their advice to heart would surely lead me to a happy and successful grad school experience.