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Montreal Matters: Youth

CITIZENShift’s ‘youth’ bloggers are scouting the town during Montreal Matters to let you know all about the great events going on. Come back often to read what they have discovered throughout the month of October!

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Vanier College Social Science Festival 2008

Going back to CEGEP was a fun assignment for this CitizenShifter. Yesterday, I attended the first day of the Social Science Festival at Vanier College. The week long festival is one of the events featured for Montreal Matters.

Not to say that I am old by any means but I did graduate from CEGEP a few years ago. As I slipped into the auditorium for the presentation on stress, I could not help but wonder whether CEGEP was as informative in “my day”. Psychology professor Dr. Karen White gave an insightful presentation on the multiple factors of stress. As a student this information was quite valuable to me. After the presentation, I instantly felt bad for having stayed up the night before to complete my homework. I learned that the continuous lack of sleep could have serious repercussions in the long run. Furthermore, Dr. White informed that it is much better to have a few highly stressful periods in life than to continuously live through medium levels of stress. Continuously stressful lifestyle eventually leads to burnout and as Dr. White put it most don’t see it coming. So I promised myself that I will allow time for 8-10 hours of sleep as much as possible. Despite my very hectic lifestyle being out of commission for 6 months with a burn out is not an option I am willing to consider.
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