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 … Continue reading Clear space, clear mind, clear success
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 … Continue reading Baking my way through my Pinterest bucket list | Jammie Dodger Blondie
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 … Continue reading Medical School and Me: Then and Now
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 … Continue reading Life Update: Where am I? What is going on?
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 … Continue reading MedSchoolDiaries: Defining Medical School in One Word
Welcome back to Med School and the first week of block 5! After spending our four-week easter break revision pretty hard, except for my missing week that I don’t talk about. It is nice yet stressful to be back in the lecture halls and learning some new stuff. Despite being back in the lecture theatre, … Continue reading Beginning of the End (of year 1)
With all the revision and exam stress, the amount of baking occurring in my house as definitely increased. It was my housemates that gave me some inspiration to dig out this classic recipe from my collection. I’ve always loved banana cake, I think is a simple but tasty recipe that can be cooked whilst you … Continue reading Appealing recipe: Banana Bread
My recent relapse when it came to living a clean and minimal life was a big blow to me. I really enjoy the lifestyle and the power it gives you to live a clean, green life. As such I went looking for some great motivation and tips to stay on track with the lifestyle I … Continue reading A Clean Living Companion: An Edited Life – Anna Newton
I love quotes, I am tweet them a lot, use them in blog posts and write them in my planner to define my weeks aims. I find them extremely useful for providing a motivation to achieve something; they provide proof that people do understand what you are going through and that people have succeeded where … Continue reading Quotes To Inspire Your Minimalism Journey
The last week was extremely unproductive in my opinion. Its always been the same when it gets to the last week of each term; my body and brain were both ready for a break and the ability to get anything remotely productive done had long run away from me. With my car in the garage … Continue reading Med School Diaries: Breakdowns, Burnouts and Bunkering Down
