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  • Why I decided to stop drinking alcohol

    Why I decided to stop drinking alcohol

    Spoiler, It wasn’t doing it for me. I’ve been surrounded by alcohol for a good quantity of my life. My parents ran a cafe that became an event space in the evenings, there were many a night that I was up into the early hours surrounded by people mis-using alcohol; enough drama caused by it… Read more

  • Clear space, clear mind, clear success

    Clear space, clear mind, clear success

    My biggest flaw with getting down to work is finding a clear space to get down to the hard stuff. Blogging, studying and even getting creative require a small amount of compartmentalisation. You have to be able to put your worries or family drama into a box and not worry about them until you have… Read more

  • Baking my way through my Pinterest bucket list | Jammie Dodger Blondie

    Baking my way through my Pinterest bucket list | Jammie Dodger Blondie

    Now that exams are over I’ve been using my free time to work my way through recipe ideas and Pinterest posts I’ve pinned over the last few months. The list is long and only ever increases and so I have been slowly working my way through the list and deciding what to bake first. This… Read more

  • Medical School and Me: Then and Now

    This is a post of two parts.  It’s hard to imagine that 9 months ago we were in our first week of medical school. Having pledged our lives to be doctors and making one of the hardest decisions of our lives. Now (whilst writing this) I am getting dressed to celebrate the end of our… Read more

  • Life Update: Where am I? What is going on?

    Having taken an impromptu trip home for the weekend I decided I really should let everyone know what is going on in both my life and with the blog. Over the last few weeks I have been focused purely on revision and medical school. I have had to; there has been no other space in… Read more

  • MedSchoolDiaries: Defining Medical School in One Word

    MedSchoolDiaries: Defining Medical School in One Word

    Its been two weeks since my last post about medical school or otherwise. There is a few reasons behind that, though I think a lot of it was about having to process the emotions I have been feeling over the last two weeks. It took me a while to describe what I am feeling and… Read more