Still alive - promise!

HELLO! Right, all exams are over and marked and celebrated now - I passed everything and I could not be happier, thus it is time again to write! People who've been reading for a while know that I am the worst ever when it comes to keeping writing deadlines - this is often due to a hectic schedule, but also because I am v.lazy when I'm not working haha, I will try my very best to make up for that this summer!

I hope those of you who have firmed choices are happy with them and excited for the next half decade of their lives - congratulations to you all, especially if this is your first application! To those of you who are deferred entry or weren't successful this time around, congratulations on sticking with medicine - your perseverance will 100% pay off, go and have an incredible year! To those of you who are just starting their application, welcome! These next couple of years will be difficult, but so so worth it, I promise. :)

So just a quick update - I realise I'm becoming very good at doing updates and less proficient at actual content haha this will change - I'm now officially a second year medic! I had a quick look back at my very first posts a second ago and I honestly can't believe I've come this far, it all happened so quickly. Even though my posts have been sporadic at best I'm so glad I started this, it's nice to be able to look back and see what I've achieved when I'm feeling down or like I'm not getting anywhere.

The good news is that over these past two years I've accumulated so much new knowledge to share with you all - even though I still have a whole lot to learn! For anyone that is still in school, I can tell you that my last year was definitely the most transformative for me; I learnt a whole lot about myself and I'm sure you will too. When I get the time to write I plan on writing about what to expect from 1st year, what I expect from 2nd year and my thoughts on the University of Bristol as a whole, the halls experience etc, but as you know the timing of my posts can be a little unpredictable, so bear with me! :P

Anyway, I hope you all have an amazing summer and as always, please don't hesitate to comment with any queries, it's so awesome to see people engaging with the stuff I write - it pushes me to write more haha! If you'd like to leave me a longer message or talk to me about something you don't want to publish, feel free to email me at nl13795@my.bristol.ac.uk, it's the fastest way for me to get back to you!

Tash x