ChatGPT and procrastination - no, it isn't about getting it to write your a...
I think Large Language Models (LLM) like ChatGPT are getting to the point where we can have meaningful interactions with them in order to help us […]
Random Gareth Pontifications
Happy New Year Flinders Community - Welcome to 2024
I’m sitting, looking out my office window, with the year ahead of me. I am slowly seeing the campus come back to life and wanted to […]
My end of year message to students and staff (2023 edition)
I set out this year to be a lone wolf. Instead, I found being in the pack was much more rewarding. My end of year message […]
Best wishes from HCDS and Oasis as we enter the exam period!
With the .05% of brain space you have left, that isn’t full of the content from this year, please accept my best wishes during the exams […]
Let's finish 2023 strongly (and wisely)
Welcome back everyone! Let’s finish 2023 strong. This post contains a couple pieces of simple end-of-year advice, but its real purpose is just a verbal ‘high […]
E-tree application in Microsoft Edge
Not exactly the most ground-breaking wellbeing intervention, but it brings me a little happiness each day, and in busy lives, those micro interventions can be important. […]
The Student Health and Wellbeing Blog turns 6 years old!
Excuse me a quick moment whilst I celebrate the 6-year anniversary of the Student Health and Wellbeing Blog, a platform that has allowed me to share […]
Why meditate?
Meditation offers profound insights into human psychology, allowing for a shift in self-perception, improved reactions to life’s challenges, and the foundation for wiser choices and decisions, […]
A preliminary note about ChatGPT and wellbeing/mental health
ChatGPT has been getting a lot of attention recently. I spent some time asking it questions about mental health and self-care. I thought its answers were […]
2023 Orientation design is an encouraging message to new students (and exis...
Some messages are just more elegantly expressed in imagery. The 2023 Orientation design speaks to a way of viewing one’s university experience that I think is […]
Self-care = actions you take to improve your outcomes
Much of what happens to us in life isn’t within our control. But our decisions, choices, actions, attitudes and thoughts do matter and can change how […]