New Year's wishes for 2024
Thank you to everyone who shared their wishes for the upcoming year with us. We hope you find inspiration in the wide array of wishes that were shared. Additionally, we have compiled a list of tips that may help you accomplish these goals in 2024.
Our tips and ideas
- Visit the external page Sauna at the Seebad Enge and jump into the cold lake afterwards.
- Relax at external page the Hürlimannbad & Spa Zurich.
- There are over 131 sports classes and activities you can attend at ASVZ. external page Their programme is aimed at all university members (students and employees), as well as alumni and alumnae.
Love and compassion for others and oneself
"Let Christmas make our hearts bigger and warmer, and let it fill us with hope and will to live."
"To learn to appreciate the small things and be more thankful for the good things I/we already have."
"Peace, love and understanding"
"Peace for the world and all the people of good will"
"That me and my boyfriend will love each other forever."
"I would like to get to know myself better and figure out how to tailor my environment to my personality for life satisfaction and performance!"
"I wish to have the gratitude to move on from the past, and have the wisdom to navigate forward in life."
"Peace in Ukraine and the Near East"
"More peace on earth, less war. More compassion, less hate. More health, less sickness. More food, less hunger. More time, less stress. More inspiration, less numbness. More snow, less climate change. More care for each other, less indifference. For we are one people. Together, there is nothing we cannot achieve."
Our tips and ideas
- Read the ETH employee magazine "life" to learn more about the different people who work at ETH Zurich.
- Practice mindfulness with daily meditation. Read more about how meditation can lead to better decision-making in this ETH news article. ASVZ offers various meditation classes, for example external page a "mindfulness based stress reduction" class.
- Seek help if you're going through a difficult phase in life and have a look at the list of several contact points at ETH Zurich.
Academic wishes
"Livestreams"
"That everyone can get a spot on the seminar course that they may want"
"Study hard!"
"More study spots at ETH"
"Passing AuD BP1"
"Passing BP"
"To get my basisjahr hoodie:)"
"Graduate and find a job in Zurich"
"Demonstrating my AI to optimise traffic lights in practice"
Our tips and ideas
- Check out the different tools and tips for daily student life in the student portal, for better time management, organisation and exam preparations.
- Watch this external page Tiktok video about the top three study locations at ETH Zentrum. Or study at different libraries around town, for example the external page Zentralbibliothek, the external page UZH law library or the external page PH Zurich Library.
Our tips and ideas
- Every Tuesday evening there is a public tour at ETH Zurich about a different research topic: Public tours event calendar.
- If you're a student then participate in a VIS event, VSETH event, or you could join one of the "Fachvereine" at ETH Zurich.
- If you're part of the scientific staff participate in a VMI event or AVETH event.
- Get involved as a volunteer external page (Volunteering Stadt Zurich) or join an association external page (localcities.ch) that aligns with your interests.
Our tips and ideas
- Take a language learning class on Duolingo. Our alumnus Severin Hacker is one of the co-founders and CTO. You could also sign up for various in-person external page language classes at the Language Center of UZH and ETH Zurich.
- If you would like to read more books, then external page find an author's reading near you online or attend a external page "Sofalesung" to find inspiration for new books.
- If you're interested in digital art, attend the international external page Digital Arts Festival in Zurich next autumn.
