This summer I am thinking of juggling 3 jobs. Really need the cash for next yr. It is very costly to be a uni student. The textbooks cost at least $100 each on average! The Australian govt is raising fees too and everything seems to be increasing...how do they expect us students to study to our very best? Our generation suffers aplenty...ppl think that we have it easy in the 21st century. But do we ever get to do the simple things like they did in "those" days? Walking, playing in the park with ur best buds, cycling, hanging out with friends at the ice-cream bars. No...we don't have it sweet at all...stressors attack from every direction. And they wonder why more people are seeing therapists, even children as young as 8! I study psychology, trust me...that is a real statistic!

I just finished a 9 hour induction and it was constant standing and sitting. A lot of info to sink in...and now my brain is like jelly! This job is in retail so I have to sell sell sell! I shouldn't complain because many ppl are searching for work. I am happy, because it was actually quite fun, setting aside all the boring policies etc. Plus can't wait to work at this dept store when it is the Christmas, the feeling will just be elevated! Christmas just brings a certain 'warmth' that cannot be explained. Makes me smile unawares and look silly.

Then again I am quite stressed...not about my studies becuz I accomplished a lot yesterday by just sitting down to the books. But the STOOPID CURTIN UNIVERSITY has got me on their record as 'UNENROLLED' which is making me pull out my hair! I even appealed against it and I am so FRUSTRATED! I don't need this right now!!! So that means next yr I may lose my place at uni...you can understand how I am feeling right? F*** Higher ED!

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