{"id":2063,"date":"2018-12-18T15:28:46","date_gmt":"2018-12-18T15:28:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.lboro.ac.uk\/life\/?p=2063"},"modified":"2018-12-19T11:01:42","modified_gmt":"2018-12-19T11:01:42","slug":"christmas-self-care","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.lboro.ac.uk\/life\/advice\/christmas-self-care\/","title":{"rendered":"Christmas Self-Care"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The Christmas holidays can be extremely busy, with lots of exciting events to go to and people to see. It can be hard to find the balance between\u00a0fun and study, so\u00a0it&#8217;s important to take some time to focus on yourself over the festive period and make sure you&#8217;re prepared for the new year. Here are our top tips on Christmas self-care this year!<\/p>\n<h3>1. Make a realistic plan<\/h3>\n<p>Realistic planning is key when scheduling in work over the holidays. Plans\u00a0are likely\u00a0with the chaos of Christmas! When\u00a0writing down what you&#8217;re going to do each\u00a0day, make sure to allow for these plans to change so you don&#8217;t end up behind\u00a0on work.<\/p>\n<h3>2. Take a break<\/h3>\n<p>Remember to take a break from work too! Constantly working can take its toll on your brain and it&#8217;s likely that it will reduce your productivity. Make sure to pick which days you&#8217;re taking off completely and enjoy your time off guilt-free.<\/p>\n<h3>3. Time-limit yourself<\/h3>\n<p>A good time-management strategy is giving yourself a time limit of how long you&#8217;re going to work each day and use it as a goal to work towards. When you&#8217;re working under the time-limit, you&#8217;ll find yourself more motivated\u00a0to concentrate on the task.<\/p>\n<h3>4. Get a good nights sleep<\/h3>\n<p>It is easy to stay up late chatting to friends and family, but it is important to take some time out to rest as there is nothing better than a good nights sleep. Making sure you get some rest and sleep over the holidays will help you with your memory, creativity, and productivity the next day.<\/p>\n<h3>5. Get out and about<\/h3>\n<p>Going on a walk with family\/pets is a fun and productive break from work. Not only will getting out and about in the fresh air help clear your head, but the change of atmosphere will also increase motivation and help you to focus on your work.<\/p>\n<h6>Featured image by Maurice Yip<\/h6>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":577,"featured_media":2083,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"lboro_blog_alternative_thumbnail_image":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2063","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-advice"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Christmas Self-Care - Loughborough Life<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Top tips on how to find the balance between studying and relaxing over the Christmas holidays.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.lboro.ac.uk\/life\/advice\/christmas-self-care\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Christmas Self-Care - Loughborough Life\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Top tips on how to find the balance between studying and relaxing over the Christmas holidays.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/blog.lboro.ac.uk\/life\/advice\/christmas-self-care\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Loughborough Life\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2018-12-18T15:28:46+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2018-12-19T11:01:42+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/blog.lboro.ac.uk\/life\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2018\/12\/mauriceyip.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1080\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Sammie Man\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Sammie Man\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Estimated reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.lboro.ac.uk\\\/life\\\/advice\\\/christmas-self-care\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.lboro.ac.uk\\\/life\\\/advice\\\/christmas-self-care\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Sammie Man\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.lboro.ac.uk\\\/life\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/d11950608c49a89cb81d13e0ea43ade5\"},\"headline\":\"Christmas Self-Care\",\"datePublished\":\"2018-12-18T15:28:46+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2018-12-19T11:01:42+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.lboro.ac.uk\\\/life\\\/advice\\\/christmas-self-care\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":325,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.lboro.ac.uk\\\/life\\\/advice\\\/christmas-self-care\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.lboro.ac.uk\\\/life\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/24\\\/2018\\\/12\\\/mauriceyip.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Advice\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.lboro.ac.uk\\\/life\\\/advice\\\/christmas-self-care\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.lboro.ac.uk\\\/life\\\/advice\\\/christmas-self-care\\\/\",\"name\":\"Christmas Self-Care - Loughborough Life\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.lboro.ac.uk\\\/life\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.lboro.ac.uk\\\/life\\\/advice\\\/christmas-self-care\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.lboro.ac.uk\\\/life\\\/advice\\\/christmas-self-care\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.lboro.ac.uk\\\/life\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/24\\\/2018\\\/12\\\/mauriceyip.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2018-12-18T15:28:46+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2018-12-19T11:01:42+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.lboro.ac.uk\\\/life\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/d11950608c49a89cb81d13e0ea43ade5\"},\"description\":\"Top tips on how to find the balance between studying and relaxing over the Christmas holidays.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.lboro.ac.uk\\\/life\\\/advice\\\/christmas-self-care\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.lboro.ac.uk\\\/life\\\/advice\\\/christmas-self-care\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.lboro.ac.uk\\\/life\\\/advice\\\/christmas-self-care\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.lboro.ac.uk\\\/life\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/24\\\/2018\\\/12\\\/mauriceyip.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.lboro.ac.uk\\\/life\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/24\\\/2018\\\/12\\\/mauriceyip.jpg\",\"width\":1080,\"height\":720},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.lboro.ac.uk\\\/life\\\/advice\\\/christmas-self-care\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.lboro.ac.uk\\\/life\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Christmas Self-Care\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.lboro.ac.uk\\\/life\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.lboro.ac.uk\\\/life\\\/\",\"name\":\"Loughborough Life\",\"description\":\"The Loughborough Life blog features all the latest events from across our campuses. Find out what&#039;s happening near you and get involved.\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.lboro.ac.uk\\\/life\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.lboro.ac.uk\\\/life\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/d11950608c49a89cb81d13e0ea43ade5\",\"name\":\"Sammie Man\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/66da7fbfb3c39b20452db78d5d868a9dddaf38fb35f62f276182597ff8ae9f55?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/66da7fbfb3c39b20452db78d5d868a9dddaf38fb35f62f276182597ff8ae9f55?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/66da7fbfb3c39b20452db78d5d868a9dddaf38fb35f62f276182597ff8ae9f55?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Sammie Man\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.lboro.ac.uk\\\/life\\\/author\\\/adsm17lboro-ac-uk\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Christmas Self-Care - Loughborough Life","description":"Top tips on how to find the balance between studying and relaxing over the Christmas holidays.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/blog.lboro.ac.uk\/life\/advice\/christmas-self-care\/","og_locale":"en_GB","og_type":"article","og_title":"Christmas Self-Care - Loughborough Life","og_description":"Top tips on how to find the balance between studying and relaxing over the Christmas holidays.","og_url":"https:\/\/blog.lboro.ac.uk\/life\/advice\/christmas-self-care\/","og_site_name":"Loughborough Life","article_published_time":"2018-12-18T15:28:46+00:00","article_modified_time":"2018-12-19T11:01:42+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1080,"height":720,"url":"https:\/\/blog.lboro.ac.uk\/life\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2018\/12\/mauriceyip.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Sammie Man","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Sammie Man","Estimated reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/blog.lboro.ac.uk\/life\/advice\/christmas-self-care\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/blog.lboro.ac.uk\/life\/advice\/christmas-self-care\/"},"author":{"name":"Sammie Man","@id":"https:\/\/blog.lboro.ac.uk\/life\/#\/schema\/person\/d11950608c49a89cb81d13e0ea43ade5"},"headline":"Christmas Self-Care","datePublished":"2018-12-18T15:28:46+00:00","dateModified":"2018-12-19T11:01:42+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/blog.lboro.ac.uk\/life\/advice\/christmas-self-care\/"},"wordCount":325,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/blog.lboro.ac.uk\/life\/advice\/christmas-self-care\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/blog.lboro.ac.uk\/life\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2018\/12\/mauriceyip.jpg","articleSection":["Advice"],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/blog.lboro.ac.uk\/life\/advice\/christmas-self-care\/","url":"https:\/\/blog.lboro.ac.uk\/life\/advice\/christmas-self-care\/","name":"Christmas Self-Care - Loughborough Life","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/blog.lboro.ac.uk\/life\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/blog.lboro.ac.uk\/life\/advice\/christmas-self-care\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/blog.lboro.ac.uk\/life\/advice\/christmas-self-care\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/blog.lboro.ac.uk\/life\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2018\/12\/mauriceyip.jpg","datePublished":"2018-12-18T15:28:46+00:00","dateModified":"2018-12-19T11:01:42+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/blog.lboro.ac.uk\/life\/#\/schema\/person\/d11950608c49a89cb81d13e0ea43ade5"},"description":"Top tips on how to find the balance between studying and relaxing over the Christmas holidays.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/blog.lboro.ac.uk\/life\/advice\/christmas-self-care\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/blog.lboro.ac.uk\/life\/advice\/christmas-self-care\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/blog.lboro.ac.uk\/life\/advice\/christmas-self-care\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/blog.lboro.ac.uk\/life\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2018\/12\/mauriceyip.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/blog.lboro.ac.uk\/life\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2018\/12\/mauriceyip.jpg","width":1080,"height":720},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/blog.lboro.ac.uk\/life\/advice\/christmas-self-care\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/blog.lboro.ac.uk\/life\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Christmas Self-Care"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/blog.lboro.ac.uk\/life\/#website","url":"https:\/\/blog.lboro.ac.uk\/life\/","name":"Loughborough Life","description":"The Loughborough Life blog features all the latest events from across our campuses. Find out what&#039;s happening near you and get involved.","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/blog.lboro.ac.uk\/life\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/blog.lboro.ac.uk\/life\/#\/schema\/person\/d11950608c49a89cb81d13e0ea43ade5","name":"Sammie Man","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/66da7fbfb3c39b20452db78d5d868a9dddaf38fb35f62f276182597ff8ae9f55?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/66da7fbfb3c39b20452db78d5d868a9dddaf38fb35f62f276182597ff8ae9f55?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/66da7fbfb3c39b20452db78d5d868a9dddaf38fb35f62f276182597ff8ae9f55?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Sammie Man"},"url":"https:\/\/blog.lboro.ac.uk\/life\/author\/adsm17lboro-ac-uk\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.lboro.ac.uk\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2063","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.lboro.ac.uk\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.lboro.ac.uk\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lboro.ac.uk\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/577"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lboro.ac.uk\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2063"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lboro.ac.uk\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2063\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2086,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lboro.ac.uk\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2063\/revisions\/2086"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lboro.ac.uk\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2083"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.lboro.ac.uk\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2063"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lboro.ac.uk\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2063"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lboro.ac.uk\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2063"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}