{"id":3247,"date":"2020-01-17T10:55:19","date_gmt":"2020-01-17T10:55:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/subject-support\/?p=3247"},"modified":"2022-05-27T16:34:33","modified_gmt":"2022-05-27T15:34:33","slug":"guest-post-off-the-shelf","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/subject-support\/guest-post-off-the-shelf\/","title":{"rendered":"GUEST POST – OFF THE SHELF"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Hi! I\u2019m Caitlin, a final year law student and law library\naide – and by now I’m used to the stress of exams and deadlines. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I tried the \u2018poetry-pick me up\u2019 after going into the common room for a revision break. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I stumbled across Sue (@kind_curious<\/a>) in the Law School Student Common Room, where she asked, \u2018do you want a poem?\u2019. Not really knowing what to expect, I had to overcome a bit of social awkwardness! I was surprised by Sue\u2019s passion and love of poetry, which was clear in the way she spoke about how she\u2019d used poetry in the NHS before and it was what she enjoyed most. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I was asked questions about my current stress levels and how\nI was feeling with exams, and how I dealt with stress. I told her that when I\nget stressed I talk even more than usual, which for anyone who knows me sounds\nlike I\u2019m going at a million miles an hour, and she suggested something that\nwould relax me. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I laughed as I saw no signs of chocolate or Netflix \u2013 my\nusual go to relaxation strategies. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Instead she said I needed something like a lavender bubble\nbath \u2013 again I saw no sign of a bubble bath in the Law School and I\u2019d yet to\nfind one in the Dungeon. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

She picked out two poems that would make me feel like the\nrelaxing in lavender: she suggested \u2018Sonnet\u2019 by Elizabeth Bishop and Shennagh\nPugh\u2019s \u2018What if This Road\u2019. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

What if this road reminded me of Robert Frost\u2019s \u2018A Road Not Taken\u2019,\nand was great for me as a an indecisive person. It was matched perfectly to the\nquestions that Sue had asked me, as I read it as a  \u2018roll with it\u2019 approach to life, which is\ndefinitely needed to cope with exams and deadline stress. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The second poem, Bishop\u2019s \u2018Sonnet\u2019, had great visualisation\ntechniques, almost like a meditative poem \u2013 which was spot on to turn off the\nstress and slow everything down! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The experience was a great switch off from deadline stress,\nand a great use of the 10 minutes which I\u2019d usually scroll through twitter or\nInstagram. It was something different, and really quite unique and relaxing,\nwhich I would definitely recommend to help have a break from any exam and\ndeadline stress! <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Hi! I\u2019m Caitlin, a final year law student and law library aide – and by now I’m used to the stress of exams and deadlines. I tried the \u2018poetry-pick me up\u2019 after going into the common room for a revision break. I stumbled across Sue (@kind_curious) in the Law School Student Common Room, where she … <\/p>\n

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