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“Three words. Eight letters. Say it and I’m yours.” C’mon. You know the drill. New year. New rules. Cute pout. Prioritize one’s own rest Limit spend on all material items Plan one solo experience a month Brave the test for a manual license Cease travel to meet others outside of York Encourage others to visit…

The Bucket v2022

Yet again, the inevitable has arrived. So in the spirit of things, the Bucket v2015… and then the Bucket v2018… may not have entirely been something that was that realistic to achieve at that point in my life, and then when you take into consideration that #COVID19 is encroaching onto its 3rd birthday if you like. 7 years on from the…

Throwing back to the Summer of 2019

Gosh. The Summer of 2019... Doesn't that just seem like an entire lifetime ago? Where did the time even go?! I remember sitting on the plane editing some photos thinking, 'hell, these would look lovely on my Insta'... and yet, life got busy and I never got round to sharing a lot of them. Although…

A Year in Review – The 13 Accomplishments and Failures of 2018

PUBLISH THE FIRST PAPER OF MY PHD – ACCOMPLISHED You may already know that I have the insane ability (or unfortunate tendency) to pay an awful lot of attention to detail – if only you could see how many versions of the paper draft I still have saved! And well, it took may have taken…

The Bucket v2018

The inevitable has arrived. So in the spirit of things, the Bucket v2015 may not have entirely been something that was that realistic to achieve at that point in my life. 3 years on, let's try again? https://www.instagram.com/p/BaRoZ1sAAmF/?taken-by=enngigi Let's begin: 1. Attend a festival abroad (Coachella 2020?!) 2. Go to Oktoberfest in Germany 3. Attend the Sundance…

Marking the End of an Era: I Graduated!

A post that has been long overdue. After three long years of hard work, sweat, tears, resilience, and hanging on to the dream of achieving bigger things in life, I graduated last summer with a First Class Honours degree in Medicinal Chemistry & Neuroscience from Keele University. That day, six months on, still remains so…

The Importance of ‘People’ Skills: Adding value, demonstrating potential, and building strong relationships…

WHY IS HAVING GOOD “PEOPLE” SKILLS IMPORTANT AND HOW DO YOU USE THEM? Now most of us might be familiar with that ‘awkward’ moment when you are sitting in your new office, on a slightly uncomfortable chair, and you realise that you don’t actually know anyone there. But what you do at that moment in…

Have I grown up yet?: 17 things to tick off before I’m 29

As children, we put this idea into our head that anyone over the age of about 18, or even 21, is a 'grown up'. Well, yep...ish - at 18, you can legally drink in the UK, place a bet at a betting shop, and even get a tattoo; and at 21, you can even supervise…