I am a firm believer in the fact that desired change should be implemented immediately and hoping that a new year will suddenly mean a brand new start is feeble if you rely on a social construct like time to be the only reason for bettering yourself. Equally, however, the attractiveness of having a fresh …
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Semester 1 in review
Hello, my friends! I am alive and kicking, though it would perhaps be a push to say that I'm thriving in these bitterly cold winter weeks that have passed. Since we last spoke, I have completed my first semester at medical school and really, it's been a case of going through the motions to get …
19 by 19
Hello friends! In honour of my 19th birthday, I'd like to share 19 things I've learned over the years. Don't leave it last minute. The whole concept underlying all my academic actions in the past has been the fact that I will eventually get the work done and as such, there is no real reason …
Bullet Journalling- Episode One
Hello, my friends! Hope you're all living your best lives and thriving through everything going on. I am waist deep in university work despite only just completing my first official week (after two weeks of 'essential skills') but I thought I'd update you on the bullet journal I kind of started and I've somewhat been …
My First Week at University
Hi pals, I couldn't think of a witty enough title for this post which should tell you clearly enough how exhausted I am, and it's been nowhere as intense as a normal week would be! So today is Saturday the 22nd of September and I started university on Monday the 17th. We are one week …
Inside the Scrapbook of a 12-Year-Old
Every night, I lie in bed, get comfortable, shut my eyes and prepare to stop all those cogs whirring away inside. And almost every night, my brain decides that this is the perfect time to replay every cringe-worthy memory that resides in the deepest, darkest corners of my mind. In honour of these shudder-inducing recollections, …
A Book Review and an Avid Announcement
I wanted to do a quick review/reflection on Adam Kay's This is Going to Hurt but the timing of me reading it coincided very well with a pretty big, recent event in my life. As such, I'd like to preface my review with the news that I have been officially accepted into the University of …
Post-Exam Confusion and Other Meaningless Life Updates
I truly loved it until now and I was riding the high of freedom with confidence and smugness but unfortunately, I think the time has finally come. I think I kind of miss studying. Don't get me wrong, I don't miss college in the slightest and I don't miss exams but what I crave now …
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RESET
Something I do a little more often than probably is normal is attempt to reset my whole life or attitude. Sort of like a back-date reset on those shabby, big desktop computers which always makes me think of suffocating someone with some good, old-fashioned chloroform. A lot less dramatic though, I promise. I try to …
GROWTH
I know it's been two weeks since exams finished for me (!) but the effects of summer are already setting in. I can't do this weather justice in words to be honest, but the heatwave is making everything feel good. The world feels softer around the edges and life seems to have slowed down to …
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