Take a moment. Step back from the social perceptions of Christmas and the pressure to buy excessive amounts of Christmas related products. Think about the last five christmases you’ve spent with family and friends. What are your fondest memories? I have strong, fond memories about Christmas; but non of them revolve about the things I … Continue reading Christmas as a Minimalist
November has been a pretty stressful time. Not only have a been pushing really hard to make this year of medical school successful. I’ve been mucked about by student financing issues and working every other hour of the day to ensure I can be a medical school. It’s been a shame, because I was really … Continue reading Determined in December
The last two weeks have been hard, and until today I didn’t really know why. Yes, there were alot of things going on that were stressing me out. But it was nothing worse then things I’ve experienced before, so I couldn’t understand why it was affecting me so badly this time. Then I realised; I … Continue reading A letter to myself,
Resitting first year is a strange experience. There's something so refreshing about the experience because I have really grown from it but at the same time it’s been a really mentally trying time. I wanted to start of my new blogging schedule after my blog down time by giving people an incite into how reciting your year can be both easier and harder all at the same time...
I’ve never been someone who stayed in short term accommodation. I’m a planner, I like to know what I am doing and plan accordingly. So when I found out I was coming to back to medical school I was rushed to find accommodation. The plan was to book an AirBnB and live in it for … Continue reading AirBnB and Minimalism
The last ten weeks have been some of the hardest of my life; Mentally, physically and socially. But I’ve come out of the stronger and ultimately happier… though maybe worse of financially! For those of you who don’t know I failed my end of year exams. It sucked massively. I put my head down and … Continue reading The Hardest 10 Weeks of my life
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 … Continue reading Why I decided to stop drinking alcohol
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
