It doesn’t happen immediately, but somewhere along the course of university you are bound to feel homesick. Being homesick doesn’t necessarily mean you will be on the next train back to your hometown. It may be as simple as a pang for mum’s cottage pie, or rolling around in bed listening for the sounds of your home.

You have a paper due in 6 hours. You have spent your time playing Grand Theft Auto and watching videos on YouTube. Reality has set in and you need to produce something. Fast. What do you do? There is hope.
Here are some simple steps to keep you from losing your marbles:

Most students have at least once in their lifetimes been faced with the dawning fact that they have hardly any money left to survive the following month!

You wake up in your clothes from the night before, your shoes on your feet. You need sandpaper to clean your mouth and you have the name ‘Freddy’ written on your forehead. Your head feels like it’s locked in a vice grip. Part of student life is having a few stress-relieving drinks.

On my first day at my new post, a gym teacher gave me a tour around school. I had a feeling he was undressing me with his eyes, but without physical contact I pushed my anxiousness aside. When we reached an abandoned section, he told me I needed to relax. He began massaging my shoulders and told me that I needed to work out, pointing to my behind. When he grabbed it, I turned and ran back to the main office.

If nightmare flatmates were as easy to deal with as cockroaches, life would be less complicated.