Use Your Skills...

You might not think it, but you probably have a specific talent or skill. Perhaps you have had tennis lessons as a child? maybe you are a whiz on the piano? you might be an expert web site designer, whatever you're good at, use it. The quickest, most effective way of making the most of your skills is to hire yourself out! There is most probably someone out there right now who really wants to learn the guitar and you could be the person to teach them.

If you are interested, youll want to get a few posters stuck up around the university, hit all the major notice boards and get it into the local university publications. If you're adventurous and want to spread your wings (which I fully recommend) head down to the local supermarket, they often have public notice boards so get your ad up there. If you have a little bit of seed money, consider the local paper but for now I would stick to free methods.

A little imagination and the worlds your oyseter!

Do You Regularly Procrastinate?

Procrastination is art of putting things off until another time. It is classic student behaviour and perhaps one of the reasons we are labelled lazy and bone idle! Heres the deal, procratinating over doing your seminar work for next week isnt the end of the world as long as you get it done. Procrastinating over taking your library books back may end up costing you money. Not just library books, what if you accidentally went overdrawn at the weekend? That money needs to be paid back ASAP and putting it off will cost you dearly.

If you were born to procrastinate (like I was) then its a real skill and achievement when you actually overcome it. I didnt go to any special classes or see a hypnotist, I simply banish any thoughts that pop into my head about putting a task off and just get straight to it without thinking. It works and I would strongly encourage you to try it, you will save money and get things done a lot more efficiently.