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  • My Minimalist Disclaimer

    My Minimalist Disclaimer

    Sometimes I feel like I can’t use the term ‘minimalist’ to define my lifestyle choices. That people judge my lifestyle under a tight number of rules and opinions about what they perceive to be the lifestyle. People will always judge how ‘minimalist’ someone is based on their own personal definitions and perceptions. They will say… Read more

  • Don’t define yourself by negativity

    Don’t define yourself by negativity

    We grow up as children being told to strive to be the best, judged on how clever we are, how beautiful we look and our successes as individuals. That’s a difficult space to be in as children, but its not something we grow out of as we grow older; it just hurts us in private.… Read more

  • I lost sight of what I wanted

    I lost sight of what I wanted

    I’ve found it really hard to blog recently. I’ve struggled because I haven’t really known what I wanted from life or where I was going. The lack of moving forward in life as lockdowns made it feel like groundhog day over and over really meant I lost the motivation to do most things. That stagnated… Read more

  • Med School Diaries: On Placement, Psychiatry and Presidency

    Med School Diaries: On Placement, Psychiatry and Presidency

    With Covid-19 moving most of the teaching online and having pre placement hospital teaching cancelled due to the second wave. There have been multiple moments where I haven’t always felt like I was a medical student.  But finally I’ve started feeling like I am getting to practice medicine, and learn more than just pathophysiology but… Read more

  • Guest Post | 10 Things I Don’t Buy To Save Money

    Mind Beauty Simplicity is a blog that is fast becoming my all time favourite. Bee the writer behind the blog has written this post! I was excited that she was willing to write a post for abigailgrows and interested to see how many things I still buy that are on this list – Abigail Being… Read more

  • Busyness or Laziness?

    Busyness or Laziness?

    Are you as busy as you think? Every single person on the planet has the same 168 hours a week to spend. So why can some people achieve so much more in a week than others? I told myself I wanted to write more consistently on my blog this year. But a whole month has… Read more