My old Speech and Drama teacher at school would make a particular point of not rushing through our pieces when we read them aloud. So much so that, whenever we selected the verse and prose that we would be working on that year, she asked us to circle every single punctuation mark in the text. Blue for commas, colons, semi-colons etc and red for full stops, exclamation marks and question marks. By doing so, we would be reminded to pause, breathe and then continue. NB. Red means you take a longer pause than blue. Logical really.
Currently, I'm embracing the blue circle (in case you're not following me yet, what I'm trying to say is that I'm stopping to take a breather). I've hit the half way mark; three years down and three years to go. All being well, I'll have a BSc under my belt within the next few weeks too which isn't a bad bonus! It's a curious point though, half way there and still feeling incredibly naive and not at all ready to be a doctor. I guess then, taking a pause to reflect over the last three years is a reminder that I've come a long way and also a bit of light relief to know that I still have three years to learn the ropes.
I know that this blog is a little cheesy at times but that is by no means the intention behind it. It's just taken me a while to realise that humans tend to feel better when they know that other people are going through something similar to themselves. I can't pretend that the next three years are always going to be a bundle of laughs but I'm pretty sure that I'm not afraid to share it when it is and when it isn't. I'll stop doing so when you can't put up with me anymore.
See you in a couple of weeks, I'm off to chase the sun.
