Hi everyone. Rebecca here, student midwife at Kingston University and today I'm going
to show you some of the things I decided to bring to uni, some of the things I decided
to get here. And then explain some of my rationale for why I chose the things that I chose.
So the things that kind of contributed to my decision were one: space. I had to bring
I could only bring two checked-in bags, a carry-on bag and then a personal item. So
everything that I was assigned to bring with me - that was a space that it could fit um
anything more and I just had to leave it behind.
So determining what would go into my bags was the trickiest part, but I decided uh just
to kind of go through all of my things and decide what was important based on one what
do I need, what's expensive, what can I get here and what is going to contribute to my
overall sanity.
So the very first thing I knew that I wanted to pack in my bags and this will be personal
to me, just because it's me, was my crochet tools and enough yarn to get me started on
a few projects.
So this is my little tool kit it's got some really fun hooks inside there and my scissors
and yada yada and this is one of the types of yarn I decided to bring and I'm currently
working on a jumper I started here at uni.
Crocheting is just my way of creative expression and relaxing. Both the things that you want
to kind of do in your downtime. So that's what I brought for my sanity.
The second focus was I knew that I was going to want to make friends and a great way to
make friends is to play games. So I brought three of my favorite games - I wasn't able
to bring all of my games because of space but one of them that I've already tried with
my flatmates is called Skip-bo.
It's a really fun card game you can play as singles and teams - I haven't taught the team
version yet but it should be fun.
And then I have Cards Against Muggles which is kind of like Cards Against Humanity but
for Harry Potter fans - which I am.
And then of course if you like Backgammon well then you should come see me and we'll
try TriGammon and it's for two to six players - of course when COVID's over - it's a really
fun game, I absolutely love it.
So those were the things I packed in my bags that would contribute to my sanity and to
making friends and to make sure that I could feel at home in my place away from home.
The next things that was important when I was packing was my more pricey items, like
my laptop, obviously I was going to bring that. It made the most sense, it's not exactly
an expense you want to put down later, so I had my laptop.
And then the final things on my list were: what do I need? Well, I need clothes for all
four seasons and I need some footwear for all four seasons. And a few personal items
just to get me going.
So I packed up those personal items, packed up the clothes, packed up the shoes, packed
up my games and my crochet things.
And well, that was a lot of fun! I had to take out more things than I'd originally planned,
but it all worked out and I was able to bring most of what I needed to bring here.
And then, of course, my towels was a big important thing for me so I brought my towels. Everything
else I just got here: my pillows, my bedding, a little lamp, storage space, storage stuff
and you know groceries, other personal items, cleaning supplies.
Well I hope that helps you figure out what you're going to bring to uni. It's really
a personal choice, you have to decide what's important to you, what can you live with what
can you live without! Yeah, I hope that helps!