Student Support Check-in *January 21 ~ January 28 2024*
Student Support Check-in
January 21 ~ January 28 2024!
Hello, Lovely Student Support Community! Welcome to our weekly check-in.
Hey beautiful student support community! How are we all doing? I hope that the week is being gentle to you and you find time to take care of yourselves. I want to give a warm welcome to both @teenmorgan16 and @Enthenia for joining our student support team! You both are amazing and we are so lucky to have you. For everyone, What's been going on in your life? I would love to hear updates. I hope you all are managing through and have a good week ahead. We are always here for you and you are not alone <3
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I would love to welcome you to participate in some reflection questions! Feel free to answer as many or as few as you would like. Also, feel free to share anything on your mind or say hi if you would like that!
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For those new to the sub-community, our weekly check-ins are an opportunity to get to know each other a little bit better and offer continual support - they help us maintain our community feels. You can either use the reflections below to help aid your discussions or simply talk and get something off your chest ❤️ Whatever you post; we eagerly await your response!
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Here are some reflections for the week
❀ How are you doing? mentally? physically? spiritually? highlights? challenges?❀
❀ What is one way you like to recharge after a long day at school, or a hard day in general? ❀
❀ let's give a shout out or compliment to yourself and to someone on cups ❀
We hope you all have a wonderful week. I look forward to hearing everyone’s responses, and please don't hesitate to reach out for support.
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Zar’s week reflection
I am officially back safely from my trip and wanted to take a moment to reflect on the past week. I spent the week working with a program that helped unhoused people have access to dinner, food, showers, hygiene products, laundry, clothes, and other basic necessaries. I found so many hard moments this week, seeing how police interacted with the guests, the pain of mental illness and addiction, attending a funeral for those who do not have family or the money for proper burials and so many other hard and uncomfortable moments and conversations. I also found so many moments of hope, love, laughter, peace, and connections. This experience reminded me of the work that we do here at cups. There is so much pain and hardships that this community goes through, but it's also a community of love and belongingness. We might not be able to solve all of these huge social injustices and current systems of racism and homelessness, where people feel so alone and hopeless but a simple hug or conversation goes so far when we are having a hard day. I hope that we can all find ways this week to reach out to the people in your life and online, to spread some love and kindness because it does matter. I will also be going back to school this week. The transition is definitely not an easy one, so if you are struggling with going back to school, just know you are not alone in that sense. Peace, positivity and love to you all <3
@FaithfulZareia welcome back! It sounds like your trip was both challenging and rewarding, filled with moments that tested your strength and compassion. Your dedication to working with unhoused individuals and addressing their basic needs is truly admirable. Best of luck with your return to school, and may your experiences continue to inspire positive change and empathy in the lives of those you touch. Peace, positivity, and love to you as well!
@FaithfulZareia wow that is amazing that you were able to help so many people! But definitely can maybe cause some burnout; I hope you are able to have some self care time.
@FaithfulZareia
Wow, it is very refreshing to hear good experiences like this. Thank you for sharing!
Well I'd like to spend time writing or drawing but now most of mu evenings are spent casing a dog around the place with a ball or squeaky toy.
As for school, I'm up to my final two assignments for my project management class. I'm going to try and delay my enrollment for the next course. It's Intermediate Java Programming and I want to study a bit before the course starts since I didn't do too well in the Beginner class (still got a B which is my lowest grade to date but still).
@Enthenia
GOOD LUCK! I want to focus on my painting as well, painter buddy. I wish you all the best!
@lamimoon Well I got some more paper and another pen plus extra ink for my existing one. Got some more colors. Done two pictures so far. Nothing special. Will try to do another one tonight if the pup will let me.
@Enthenia
Hey enthenia! Thanks so much for joining our checkin this week!
Painting sounds like a fun hobby! I hope that your doggies let you catch a break and take a nap. Good luck finishing up your assignments! congrats, that is a huge achievement. I hope that it works out delaying your class so that you can get some extra time to study. I know it can be hard when we dont do as well as we would have liked grade wise. I hope that you are able to try some new things out and have an awesome class when you do enroll in it. You got this. I hope that you have a peaceful and awesome week ahead <3
@FaithfulZareia Painting us all right so long as I don't leave oencils, paint, and brushes where a quadrupled can access then and chew on them.
The networking class has six assignments and I don't kbow how many labs so it will take me a bit to complete. I just finished the first lab for the third assignment yesterday. I just have a PowerPoint to do for the Project Management class and I'll probably have to redo the third assignment.
I joined the *** group for my honors society. I still need to complete a step before I can be inducted. Not sure if I'll get any responses. The times available for my chapter wouldn't work. Just have three reports to write up and I'm done with the critereon.
As for the dog (just one), I get rest once she's tired out. If the cat doesn't request attention that is. I have to pay special attention to the feline. She's old (16).
❀ How are you doing? mentally? physically? spiritually? highlights? challenges?❀
I am having a bit of a hard time right now, because I am still struggling with grief from losing my kitty and unfortunately school doesn't really stop to give me much time to grieve. I have a difficult exam this week on pig and cow diseases lol with about 100 + cow diseases to memorize, and I am feeling sluggish and behind. Planning to go to the library tomorrow. I just really need to leave the house. A highlight might be that I successfully did my spay surgery on two dogs last week!
❀ What is one way you like to recharge after a long day at school, or a hard day in general? ❀
I like to watch Disney plus or anime shows. I also like to read YA sci-fi fantasy even though I am not a teen lol
❀ let's give a shout out or compliment to yourself and to someone on cups ❀
Shoutout to me for still trying this week and shoutout to this student community for supporting me. :)
@Daydreamer47
GOOD LUCK!! You've gone through worse situations before, I'm sure you will make it with this one too! Although, if you ever need someone to chat with, feel free to text me.
@Daydreamer47
Hey dream, thanks so much for joining our checkin this week. It's lovely to see you as always.
Im sorry to hear that things have been really hard lately. Its so sad when you loose a pet like your special kitty. I know that they ment so much to you and its not the same with out them. Its okie to grief them and miss them or any other emotions you are feeling. it really does stink tho that school keeps going and you no have the proper time to process and grieve. that sounds like a huge exam. I did not know that cows could have so many diseases. I wish you the best of luck on the exam. its really difficult to find the motivation when you feeling you are behind and tired. I hope that getting out of the house and to the library sparks a good study session. Oh my gosh that sounds scary but awesome congrats on surgery! I know things might be not going smoothy but we here for you and rooting you on<3
@FaithfulZareia Thank you very much! I appreciate your support!
@luckylistener
I hope it will be better next week. Maybe try talking with some listeners here it may help you. You can text me as well. I wish you all the best!
@lamimoon Thank you so much for your kind words! The past few days have actually been a bit better, so I'm hoping that things continue to go up.
@luckylistener
Hey lucky thanks for joining our checkin this week!
I am sorry to hear that its just kinda been tough lately. Sometimes it can be hard to pinpoint what exactly is making us feel so down and no good. That sounds awful that people have been being disrespectful to you. I know that those words and actions can be quite hurtful. Sure they may not be personal or that person may be going through their own hard times, but letting go of those things is hard. You never deserve to be treated like that. I hope that spending some time for self and doing the things that you enjoy like doing workouts will be helpful for you. We are always here for you and you dont have to go through these things alone. I hope its a better week for you ahead <3
@FaithfulZareia
❀ How are you doing? mentally? physically? spiritually? highlights? challenges?❀
i am quite exhausted to be fair. school is really taking a toll on me these weeks.
❀ What is one way you like to recharge after a long day at school, or a hard day in general? ❀
sleeping!
@KateDoskocilova
You can do it! You've done it before, so why not now. I wish you all the best with upcoming days!
@KateDoskocilova
Hey Kate thanks for joining our check in this week!
School can be brutal and just completely drain us some weeks. I hope that you can find some time to practice self care, sleep or whatever recharges you tis week. I know its never easy, but we are here for you and cheering you on.
@FaithfulZareia
Hello everyone, I hope your weeks has been going well.
This week I chose to relax by starting to paint more often again. Since I've stopped painting because of all pressure from the school and my sickness, I chose to revive myself as a painter once again.
All the best💐
@lamimoon Painting is such a good hobby! It's relaxing, it allows you to express your emotions, and can make great decor. I hope you have fun getting back into it.
@luckylistener Thank you very much! I'm even more excited after reading your comment. 💜
@lamimoon
Hey lami! thanks so much for joining our check in this week! Painting sounds like such a fun hobby to have! Our life can sometimes have us stray from the things that we enjoy and love, I hope that you find some peace and joy getting to paint once again! Have a awesome week ahead (:
@FaithfulZareia
❀ How are you doing? mentally? physically? spiritually? highlights? challenges?❀
I am good.
For the past few days, my interpersonal conversation has been very moody. I questioned my actions, my behaviour and how I react to things. My relationship with my friends was also little up and down. I was having random and constant thoughts of messing up things. My anger took a toll. I was trying to analyse things and find patterns but couldn't conclude any. Am I a bad friend to have? Am I narcissistic? Am I not focusing on things i need to?
❀ What is one way you like to recharge after a long day at school, or a hard day in general? ❀
Not a good thing but what I am doing these days is scrolling my phone everyday after school. :I
@warmheartedCamp3360
Hey warm, thanks for joining our checkin this week. its lovely to see you as always.
Im glad to hear that you are good but sounds like things have been bit stressful lately, its hard when all the conversations we have go a bit sideways and we not feel like ourselves in those moments. As well as out inner self talk. Especailly when we start questioning all of our thoughts and actions and am I that am I this, it gets exhausting and so much to process. we here for you through all of these challenging moments. Aye I can relate to that sometimes too about the phone, I think its an easy and accessible way to disconnect from things for a while. I hope this coming week gets better friend
