When I discovered that I had to visit a non academic campus resource I was slightly worried about figuring out which resource I would use. I didn’t really feel the need to utilize some of the resources that OSU offers me and others I don’t know if I would feel comfortable writing about. I knew a little about the student wellness center as well as the career center and I knew about the escort service but did not see the need to use it myself. Some of the resources offered I had no idea existed such as Multicultural center or the office of internal affairs. It wasn’t hard to find these resources all you had to do was google them and you could just find an open time for your schedule.
For my non-academic campus resource I attended a first year success series. The series that I went to was titled Food, Sleep, and Exercise strategies for Mental health. I chose this one because I thought it be beneficial to learn better strategies to eating healthier as well as developing a good work out schedule In this success series I learned how important is it to not only eat the recommended amount of calories for yourself but that for most food groups we are either under consuming or over consuming. This is important because we need to consume these at healthy levels so it doesn’t just affect us physically but mentally as well. The speaker gave us websites such as tdeecalculator which can be helpful to see what you specifically need to intake to stay healthy. He also suggested the student wellness center would help you come up with a diet plan in order to have a more personalized plan. I believe that this series is important to to have because it can be helpful for students to know the negative effects that not eating healthy can have on your mind. It also gives students some solutions on how to snack healthier and not fall behind in meals.
At the end of the lecture I was slightly disappointed with the experience. Going into it I expected the speaker to give more helpful strategies to eating healthier. Most of the advice he gave revolved the students getting food from outside of campus and as a student who is paying for a meal plan it seems kind of stupid to waste money on groceries when we can just get food on campus. It was also disappointing for the fact that he mostly only talked about the food aspect, I was hoping for him to go into more depth about the sleep strategies as well as exercise plans. I have two other success series scheduled to go to. One of them is titled the Art of Allowing: Letting go of perfectionism, and I don’t really see myself as a perfectionist anymore but I hope to find goal setting strategies to better manage my time. The other one I am going to is career exploration and this one should help me find suitable career according to my interests.