Facebook is toxic. It’s an incredible tool, an ingenious creating, allowing potentially unlimited communication between anyone with internet access, but psychologically it is an absolute nightmare. When I’m feeling crap, and I go on Facebook to distract myself, I invariably feel more crap after five minutes of scrolling. Why? Because I’m warmly greeting byContinue reading “Why I stopped using Facebook”
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Redefine Success
The obvious social markers of ‘success’ are usually money and popularity. A big house in a sought-after neighbourhood and nice clothes that demonstrate your lack of concern for financial minutiae. I tried to stop caring about money. I couldn’t completely not care because sometimes it would be nice not to have to think aboutContinue reading “Redefine Success”
Measure you against you
What makes me happy is progress. I don’t care what that progress is, as long as I am getting better at something, or someone else is getting happier, I’m happy. It says so right there in the big five. So it makes absolutely no sense to use other people as a mark of yourContinue reading “Measure you against you”
Stop trying to achieve
The single most sinister element that’s hampered me all along the way, which I assume runs rife within our westernised population, thriving on an infusion of instant technological and financial gratification, is the fear of failure. The fear of regret, the fear that this project will flop, as will the next one, and theContinue reading “Stop trying to achieve”
The Red One
Banana 1 Greek yogurt 3 tbsp Frozen summer fruits to taste (like, 1/3 of the blender) Pine nuts Continue reading “The Red One”
Meany Greenie Smoothie
I love this smoothie. It tastes mainly of pineapple, it’s thick, and it’s filling. Spinach 1 frozen blob Kale 1 frozen blob Chlorella 1tsp Spirulina 1tsp PumpkinContinue reading “Meany Greenie Smoothie”
Prevention, better than cure
If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it. So why let your body get broke in the first place? Exercise Diet Mental wellbeing
Neurotic
I’m an incredibly neurotic individual. Always have been. As a result I’ve spent a lot of my life being incredibly sad, as persistent self-doubt slowly constricted the enjoyment out of everyday life. I’ve preoccupied myself with what other people think of me, and the baseline assumption has always been a fairly negative one. As aContinue reading “Neurotic”
Just start writing
Simple but helps me a lot, especially when feeling pressured to add something to this blog. It’s very easy to improve a piece of writing that’s sat in front of you, however it is much harder to concoct something great from scratch, so just start writing! Don’t worry about how to structure your ideas, justContinue reading “Just start writing”
It’s okay to fail
‘If you fail you don’t get what you want’ This simple concept is drilled into every student, for every exam, forever. On the surface it makes sense – if you don’t pass the test, then you don’t get to enjoy the reward of the prize it so ominously guards; that admission to the medical schoolContinue reading “It’s okay to fail”
How to examine the shoulder
A recipe for a slick orthopaedic shoulder examination
Someone Else’s Trousers
I always put my money down someone else’s trousers, so people don’t talk about me. Want to remember what to include on an anaesthetic pre-operative checklist? Well look no further – now you’ll be even more confused! I Identity name date of birth wristband Always Allergies allergies reactions to medications Put Proposed Procedure what doContinue reading “Someone Else’s Trousers”
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