For the past week, I have been spending time in the great outdoors, away from modern technology and with my boyfriend in Cornwall. We have packed so much into the week, that I didn’t have time to think about medical school, my extremely long to-do list or being unwell. I lived in the moment, and made the most of the time we had together away from the stress of daily life. 

This past week, my body finally caught up with the speed of my mind and I became ill. It isn’t something I would usually write a blog post about, but self care and noticing signs in ourselves is hugely important to ensure we continue to function as we should and remain as healthy as possible. 

It is less than a month now until medical school begins again, and the strange-ness that is online learning will continue. At the University of Manchester, we are lucky that not much of our classes are set to be online and instead, due to the nature of the course, we will be returning to the medical school for most teaching. 

This week has been all about getting on top of things so that I feel less stressed over the coming weeks, alongside taking the time I need to recover so that I don’t end up ‘working myself into an early grave’.