Six core guides to simplify your uni life in which we take on topics like self-care, healthy habits, study tips, support services, tackling procrastination and placements. Designed to get at the core challenges of study without drowning you in handouts (which when you think about it, is kinda counterproductive to the wellbeing mission).

 

Over the years we’ve built a large library of self-help resources for Flinders students. Maybe too large. Yeah, definitely too large. It’s time to simplify.

From 2026 onwards, instead of pointing you to dozens of separate handouts, we’ll focus on a smaller set of comprehensive guides. Many of the smaller handouts will be retired or merged into these main ones. And we’ll also start adding more content related to the most common topics students ask about (e.g. mental health, stress management, study-life balance, social connection and more).

With that in mind, here are the six current guides that matter most:

 

1. Self-Care Mega Guide 🌱🧘‍♀️

Your all-in-one workbook for maintaining mental health. Covers rest, sleep, nutrition, social connection, emotional health, finances, reflection, and more. Designed as a reflective journal with prompts and practical tips. Click here!

 

2. Habit Hacks 🔄🧩

A research-based toolkit for building and maintaining habits and routines. Includes strategies for goals, feedback, social support, environment design, identity shifts, and more. Click here!

 

3. Evidence-Based Study Tips 📚🧠

A collection of study strategies backed by cognitive psychology and learning science. Shows how to use spacing, retrieval practice, elaboration, and other proven techniques to study smarter, not harder. Click here!

 

4. How to Prepare Psychologically for Work Placements 💼🧭

Practical advice for managing the psychological demands of placements—covering expectations, wellbeing, feedback, perfectionism, meaning, networking, transferable skills, and more. Click here!

 

5. HCDS Service Brochure 🏥🤝

A more detailed reference guide to the health, counselling, and disability services available at Flinders, including how to access support and what to expect. Click here!

 

6. Put Off Procrastinating 🚀🎓

Actually, we didn’t create this, but we took (with their permission) some great chapters from CCI on tackling procrastination and put them into the one workbook. Understand why you procrastinate and experiment with strategies to tackle it. Click here!

 

A couple of notes before you dive in:

• They’re packed. These guides have grown over time as we’ve learned more about each topic. Don’t expect a one-pager. You’ll find lots of tips, strategies, services, supports and examples.

• In the good old days (pre-AI): You’d sit down with a nice beverage and skim through, circling things that seem relevant, or maybe read on the bus. Still a great option.

• In AI days: You might even feed your favourite AI a guide and ask it to summarise the key ideas, themes, or suggested starting points. Or turn it into a podcast or bizarre image.

• The goal is guidance, not perfection. These documents are not blueprints for a perfect life. They’re collections of common-sense and evidence-based tips to nudge your life and studies in a positive direction.

• Do not attempt to do everything. Seriously, don’t! Pick and choose. Run small experiments. See what helps you create a better uni experience.

• Expect perspective shifts. Sometimes the most useful outcome isn’t a new habit, but a new way of looking at an issue.

 

👉 From now on, instead of sending you to the old bloated library of handouts, we’ll keep pointing you back to this core set of six guides. They’re broad, practical, and designed to last.