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  • Minimising and Maximising Relationships

    Minimising and Maximising Relationships

    In uncertain times; having to become socially distant from each other; especially with the UK confirminig another three weeks of lockdown, now is the perfect time to take a look at all the relationships you have. It’s an opportunty to decide which of those relationships you can minimise and which you can maximise and let Read more

  • 5 Myths about Medical School Life

    5 Myths about Medical School Life

    This year I have been on the Warwick Widening Access to Healthcare and Medicine (WHAM) committee and have been in charge of running the mentoring programme to help people apply to medical school. It has been something I have been incredibly passionate about as someone who is the first in my family to attend university Read more

  • I was having a bad mental health day… so I cleared out my wardrobe

    I was having a bad mental health day… so I cleared out my wardrobe

    Its 2am, and for the last week or so I have been struggling with my mental wellbeing. I’ve been sleeping poorly and my productivity levels have been reduced to near zero. You can tell it is bad when I tell you that my entire freezer is full of cake; I’ve been stress baking to the Read more

  • Med School Diaries: Uncertainty, Online Classes and Into the Unknown…

    Med School Diaries: Uncertainty, Online Classes and Into the Unknown…

    We are now in what is techniqually our easter break / revision session, but things are not as they seem. With the outbreak of Coronavirus and the decision to implement social distancing everything descended into a whirlwind of uncertainty. Classes and teaching were cancelled on Monday with less than an hours notice and we were Read more

  • My Minimalist Journey: Why I’ve switched to Ebooks

    My Minimalist Journey: Why I’ve switched to Ebooks

    I have always been a avid reader, they were a great escape during childhood. It has become a source of relaxation and entertainmenet over the years, even more so when i m trying to cut down on my YouTube and TV intake. I used to read alot of books during my undergraduate degree and before Read more

  • Med School Diaries: Block 4 and Burnout

    Med School Diaries: Block 4 and Burnout

    Having successfully made it through block three, this time without crying or feeling like giving up, a major improvement from last time. Whilst I was successful in making it through the block I have definitely started to feel the pressure creeping back in. The medical school made some changes to block three, cutting down the drugs list Read more