Wannabe Medic

So over Easter there was little to report on. I came back from a debating conference with college, and was very ill on the Monday of "Mock Week" (all of our planned mock exams spread over 4 days, I only had 3!) and though even feeling better by Tuesday afternoon, I just decided I wasn't going in. This essentially meant I had 3 weeks of Easter holidays. Now in my earlier post this April, I discussed how my revision had slumped to barely 6 hours. Sometimes 4 hours if I was unlucky. Well a few days later it actually hit 0 hours. And pretty much stayed that way for the rest of the holidays. I knew this wasn't right, what with my exams soo near now, and how important it was that I remained focused even without an offer in hand. I knew I had to buckle up, not completely blow it, but I always always lack work-life balance during revision. I got really down about it, and ended up spending a lot fo time just in my bedroom, but somewhere along the line, thanks to a great grou...

Easter is upon us! I have divulged a whole rabbit mmmm. (Oh calm, it was a chocolate rabbit!) I have found it really hard to get motivated this Easter. Last Easter holidays, there I was speeding through, my timer calculating when I had done my 8 hours of revision a day. Now I'm lucky if I scrape 6. As part of this slumped phase, 2 things. Eric Thomas is the best motivator ever! And, Ben Carson. I only clocked onto Ben Carson as a result of Eric Thomas mentioning Carsons' book ' Gifted Hands ' in another of his speeches. It's a good read, about an inner-city, poor kid, living in detroit, who went from failing his exams, being called the 'class dummy' to becoming one of the most renowned neurosurgeons we've ever seen. Finished it over two evenings, would recommend any other wannabe medics to give it a go. I could really empathise with Ben most powerfully when he highlights the belief his Mom had in him, and how she really lay the pathway down for ...